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Biology of sensory systems /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, C. U. M. (Christopher Upham Murray)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester ; New York : John Wiley & Sons, [2000]
Subjects:
Sense Organs.
Sensation.
Sensory Receptor Cells.
Table of Contents:
  • Elements
  • Membrane and action potentials
  • General features of sensory systems
  • Evolution and classification of organisms
  • Mechanosensitivity of cell membranes
  • Kinaesthesia
  • Touch
  • Equilibrium and hearing : the uses of hair cells
  • Cerebral analysis
  • Chemosensitivity in prokaryocytes
  • Mammalian chemoenteroreceptors
  • Gustation
  • Olfaction
  • Invertebrate vision
  • The human eye
  • The retina
  • Visual pathways and cortices
  • Other vertebrate visual systems
  • Thermosensitivity
  • Minority senses
  • Pain
  • Recurring themes
  • Philosophical postscript