| Description |
xiv, 520 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Elements -- Membranes, action potentials, synapses -- General features of sensory systems -- Classification and phylogeny -- Genes, genomics and neurosensory systems -- Mechanosensitivity of cell membranes -- Kinaesthesia -- Touch -- Equilibrium and hearing : the uses of hair cells -- Cerebral analysis -- Chemosensitiity in prokaryocytes -- Mammalian chemo-enteroreceptors -- Gustation -- Olfaction -- Invertebrate vision -- The human eye -- The retina -- Visual pathways and cortices -- Other vertebrate visual systems -- Thermosensitivity -- Minority senses -- Pain -- Summing up -- Philosophical postscript |
| Summary |
"Since publication of the first edition, huge developments have taken place in sensory biology research and new insights have been provided in particular by molecular biology. These show the similarities in the molecular architecture and in the physiology of sensory cells across species and across sensory modality and often indicate a common ancestry dating back over half a billion years." "Biology of Sensory Systems has thus been completely revised and takes a molecular, evolutionary and comparative approach, providing an overview of sensory systems in vertebrates, invertebrates and prokaryotes, with a strong focus on human senses."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Chichester: Wiley, 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [493]-495) and index |
| Subject |
Afferent pathways.
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Senses and sensation.
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Sense Organs.
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Evolution
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Molecular Biology.
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Physiology, Comparative.
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| LC no. |
2008021435 |
| ISBN |
9780470518625 alkaline paper |
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0470518626 alkaline paper |
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9780470518632 alkaline paper |
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0470518634 alkaline paper |
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