Sensory Reception Cytology, Molecular Mechanisms and Evolution

This book presents a distillation of many years of investigation by the author and his associates on the problem of sensory reception. Both our own data and data from the scientific literature on the electron microscopy, cytochemistry, biochemistry and electrophysiology of the organs of vision, tast...

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Main Author: Vinnikov, Y.A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1974, 1974
Edition:1st ed. 1974
Series:Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics Molekularbiologie, Biochemie und Biophysik
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 2. Auditory Stimulus, its Nonspecific and Specific Effect, and the Evolution of Auditory Receptor Mechanisms
  • 3. Theories of Hearing
  • 4. Structural and Cytochemical Organization of Hair Cells in the Organ of Corti in Birds
  • 5. Structural and Cytochemical Organization of Hair Cells of Organ of Corti in Mammals
  • 6. Structural Organization of Receptor Cells of Chordotonal Sensilla in Insects
  • 7. Electrophysiological Studies
  • 8. Conclusion
  • VIII Gravity Reception
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Gravitational Stimulus
  • 3. Evolution of the Structural and Functional Organization of the Gravireceptor of Unicellular, Invertebrate and Protochordate Organisms
  • 4. Evolution of the Structural and Functional Organization of Gravireceptor of Vertebrates
  • 5. Conclusion
  • IX The Molecular Theory of Sensory Reception
  • References
  • 2. Chemical Basis of the Action of Gustatory Substances and Theories of Taste
  • 3. Sweet-Sensitive and Bitter-Sensitive Proteins
  • 4. Structural Organization of Gustatory Receptor Cells of Vertebrates
  • 5. Structural Organization of Contact Chemoreceptor (Gustatory) Sensillae of Insects
  • 6. Cytochemical Organization of Taste Buds and Function of Taste Cells
  • 7. Electrophysiological Investigations
  • 8. Conclusion
  • VI Smell
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Structure of Odorant Molecules. The Problem of Their Interaction with Olfactory Cells. Theories of Smell
  • 3. Structural and Cytochemical Organization of the Olfactory Cells of Vertebrates
  • 4. Functional Shifts of the Structural and Cytochemical Organization of Olfactory Cells in Vertebrates
  • 5. Structural Organization of Olfactory Cells of Insects
  • 6. Electrophysiological Investigations
  • 7. Conclusion
  • VII Hearing
  • 1. Introduction
  • The Problem of Reception and the Evolution of the Cytological and Molecular Organization of Sense Organs
  • I Structure and Development of Biological Membranes
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Structure and Chemical Composition of Membranes
  • 3. Development, Differentiation and Growth of Membranes
  • 4. Conclusion
  • II Ultrastructural and Molecular Organization of Antennae
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Microvilli
  • 3. Stereocilia
  • 4. Flagella and Cilia (Kinocilia)
  • 5. Conclusion
  • III Structural and Cytochemical Organization of Synapses
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Organization of Synapses
  • 3. Synapses with Chemical Transmission
  • 4. Ephaptic (Electrogenous) Synapses
  • 5. Conclusion
  • IV Vision
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Molecular Evolution of the Visual Pigment
  • 3. Function of Rhodopsin
  • 4. Development of the Visual Cell
  • 5. Structural, Cytochemical and Functional Organization of Visual Cell
  • 6. Conclusion
  • V Taste
  • 1. Introduction