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Biology of sensory systems / C.U.M. Smith.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 520 p. : ill., plans ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780470518625 (alk. paper)
  • 0470518626 (alk. paper)
  • 9780470518632 (alk. paper)
  • 0470518634 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.8 22
LOC classification:
  • QP431 .S536 2008
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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.
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General Books CUTN Central Library Sciences 612.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 24825

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.

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