TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,C.U.M.
TI  - Biology of sensory systems
SN  - 9780470518625 (alk. paper)
AV  - QP431 .S536 2008
U1  - 612.8 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Chichester, UK, Hoboken, NJ
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Senses and sensation
KW  - Sense Organs
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Molecular Biology
KW  - Physiology, Comparative
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-495) and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008021435.html
ER  -