Biology of Sensory Systems
(Sprache: Englisch)
Dieses Buch ist eine umfassende Abhandlung über die Sinnessysteme bei Wirbeltieren, Invertebraten und Prokaryoten auf Molekular-, Zell- und neurophysiologischer Ebene mit besonderem Schwerpunkt auf dem Menschen.
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Dieses Buch ist eine umfassende Abhandlung über die Sinnessysteme bei Wirbeltieren, Invertebraten und Prokaryoten auf Molekular-, Zell- und neurophysiologischer Ebene mit besonderem Schwerpunkt auf dem Menschen.
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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.
Written by a renowned author with extensive teaching experience, the book covers, in six parts, the general features of sensory systems, the mechanosenses, the chemosenses and the senses which detect electromagnetic radiation. Other sensory systems are also dealt with, including pain, thermosensitivity and minority senses. Finally the book provides an outline and discussion of philosophical implications.
New in this edition:
* Greater emphasis on molecular biology and intracellular mechanisms
* New chapter on genomics and sensory systems
* Sections on TRP channels, synaptic transmission, evolution of nervous systems, arachnid sensory systems, electroreception in the Monotremata, language and the FOXP2 gene, mirror neurons and the molecular biology of pain
* Updated passages on animal and human olfaction and gestation
Over four hundred illustrations, boxes containing supplementary material and self-assessment questions and a full bibliography at the end of each part make Biology of Sensory Systems essential reading for undergraduate students of biology, zoology, animal physiology, neuroscience, anatomy and physiological psychology. The book is also suitable for postgraduate students in more specialised courses such as vision sciences, optometry,
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Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Biology of Sensory Systems “
Preface to Second EditionPreface to First Edition
PART I: PRELIMINARIES
Chapter 1 Elements
Chapter 2 Membranes, Action Potentials, Synapses
Chapter 3 General Features of Sensory Systems
Box 3.1 Hermann von Helmholtz
Chapter 4 Classification and Phylogeny
Chapter 5 Genes, Genomics and Neurosensory Systems
Box 5.1 Nomenclature of Genes and Proteins
Part I: Self Assessment
Part I: Notes, References and Bibliography
PART II: MECHANOSENSITIVITY
Chapter 6 Mechanosensitivity of Cell Membranes
Chapter 7 Kinaesthesia
Chapter 8 Touch
Chapter 9 Equilibrium and Hearing: The Uses of Hair Cells
Box 9.1 Biophysics of Outer Hair Cells
Box 9.2 Genetics and Deafness
Chapter 10 Cerebral Analysis
Box 10.1 Broca andWernicke
Part II: Self Assessment
Part II: Notes, References and Bibliography
PART III: CHEMOSENSITIVITY
Chapter 11 Chemosensitivity in Prokaryocytes
Chapter 12 Mammalian Chemo- Enteroreceptors
Chapter 13 Gustation
Chapter 14 Olfaction
Part III: Self Assessment
Part III: Notes, References and Bibliography
PART IV: PHOTOSENSITIVITY
Box I4.1 Bacteriorhodopsin
Chapter 15 Invertebrate Vision
Box 15.1 The Evolution of Opsins
Box 15.2 Early Genetics of Eyes
Chapter 16 The Human Eye
Box 16.1 Genetics of Cataract
Chapter 17 The Retina
Chapter 18 Visual Pathways and Cortices
Box 18.1 The Reality of Cortical Columns
Box 18.2 Blindsight
Chapter 19 Other Vertebrate Visual Systems
Part IV: Self Assessment
Part IV: Notes, References and Bibliography
PART V: OTHER SENSES
Chapter 20 Thermosensitivity
Chapter 21 Minority Senses
Chapter 22 Pain
Part V: Self Assessment
Part V: Notes, References and Bibliography
PART VI: CODA
Chapter 23 Summing Up
Chapter 24 Philosophical Postscript
Part VI: Self Assessment
Part VI: Notes, References and Bibliography
Appendix: Some Techniques
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Glossary
Index
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Christopher Smith
- 2009, 2. Aufl., 528 Seiten, Maße: 19,3 x 25,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0470518626
- ISBN-13: 9780470518625
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2009
Sprache:
Englisch
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