Comparative physiology of sensory systems /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Interunion Commission on Comparative Physiology, International Conference on Comparative Physiology
Other Authors: Bolis, Liana, Keynes, R. D., Maddrell, S. H. P. (Simon Hugh Piper)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Hearing in insects
  • Auditory function at the receptor level in reptiles
  • Sound detection and processing by teleost fish: a selective review
  • Auditory basis of echolocation in bats
  • Afferent innervation of the mammalian cochlea
  • Effect of ganglioside treatment on hearing loss in experimental diabetes in mice
  • Hearing mechanisms in caiman and pigeon
  • Functional organization of the medial geniculate body in cats
  • Neural basis of olfaction in insects
  • Olfaction and taste in fish
  • Biochemical studies of physiological function: olfactory recognition in rainbow trout
  • Pheromone biology in the Lepidoptera: overview, some recent findings and some generalizations
  • Comparative study of electrophysiological phenomena in the olfactory bulb of some South American marsupials and edentates
  • Visual systems of cephalopods
  • Relative movement and figure-ground discrimination by the visual system of the fly (towards a neuronal circuitry)
  • Local circuits in the distal retina of vertebrates
  • Infared and visual senses in the snake optic tectum
  • Lack of relations between dopaminergic and GABA-ergic mechanisms in chick retina
  • Neuroethological basis for electrocommunication
  • Neural mechanisms of electrolocation and jamming avoidance behavior in electric fish
  • Electroreceptor mechanisms in teleost and non-teleost fishes
  • Cellular bases for gravistatic reception by invertebrates and vertebrates
  • Role of sensory information in the control of locomotion in fishes
  • Effects of motor commands on sensory inflow, with examples from electric fish