Sensory transduction / Gordon L. Fain ; with illustrations by Margery J. Fain.
| Author/creator | Fain, Gordon L. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, ©2003. |
| Description | xi, 340 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The senses. Early studies of the anatomy of the sense organs -- The physiology of sensation -- Cracking the problem : molecular physiology -- The revolution of molecular biology -- The code deciphered : sensory transduction -- Mechanisms of sensation. Sensory membrane -- Organization of membrane and sensory protein -- Membrane renewal -- External specializations -- Detection of the stimulus -- Primary and secondary receptor cells -- Sensitivity of transduction -- Noise -- Sex pheromone detection in the male moth -- Channels and electrical signals. Structure and function of ion channels -- The structure of the pore -- Gating -- Ionotropic receptor molecules -- Membrane potentials -- The Nernst equation -- Ion homeostasis -- The Goldman voltage equation -- Driving force and voltage change -- The voltage response of hair cells -- The technique of voltage clamping -- Voltage clamping the hair cell -- Ion selectivity -- Metabotropic signal transduction. G-protein-coupled receptors -- Heterotrimeric G proteins -- Effector molecules -- Second messengers -- Calcium and NO -- Channels gated by second messengers -- A metabotropic sensory receptor -- Mechanoreceptors and touch. Mechanoreception in paramecium -- Transduction of touch in the Roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans -- Crayfish stretch receptor -- Insect mechanoreceptors -- Mechanoreceptors and touch in mammals -- Molecular biology of mechanoreception in mammals -- Hair cells and the detection of movement and sound. Tip links -- The channels -- Gating and bundle stiffness -- Adaptation of hair cells -- Modulation of sensitivity -- Organs of the lateral line -- The vestibular system -- The cochlea -- Endolymph and endocochlear potential -- Outer hair cells and tuning -- Electrical resonance -- Chemoreception and the sense of smell. Chemotaxis -- Olfaction in insects -- Receptor proteins and coding in insects -- Olfaction in vertebrates : the nasal epithelium -- Olfactory receptor proteins -- The mechanism of transduction in vertebrates -- Desensitization and adaptation -- Olfactory coding -- The olfactory bulb -- Alternative mechanisms of transduction -- Vomeronasal organ -- Taste. Gustation in insects -- Mammals : taste buds and the tongue -- The transduction of taste -- Bitter -- Sweet -- Umami -- Salty -- Sour -- Photoreception. Photopigment activation -- Phototransduction -- The photoreceptors of arthropods -- Transduction in arthropods -- Photoreceptor channels in arthropods -- The role of Ca2+ in the regulation of gain and turn-off -- Vertebrate rods and cones -- Transduction in vertebrate photoreceptors -- Ion channels of rods and cones -- The photocurrent -- Shutting down the light response -- Light adaptation -- Pigment renewal and the recovery of sensitivity after bright light -- Extra sensory receptors. Thermoreception -- Seeing in the dark : heat receptors as detectors of infrared -- Electroreception -- Tuberous receptors and electrolocation -- Magnetoreception. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-327) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003007568 |
| ISBN | 0878931716 : |