The Neurobiology of Taste and Smell

by Finger, Thomas E.; Silver, W. L.; Restrepo, D.

• ISBN13: 9780471257219
• ISBN10: 0471257214
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Liss

Summary

Edited by Thomas E. Finger, Wayne L. Silver, and Diego Restrepo The ability to detect chemicals in one's surroundings is a vital function for organisms ranging from single cells to insects to humans. The explosion of information provided by molecular and cellular biology has contributed greatly to our understanding of how the chemical senses function in these organisms and is the impetus for the second edition of The Neurobiology of Taste and Smell. This updated edition contains all-new chapters by many new contributors, although this edition, like the first, is intended to provide an introduction to the field itself. The second edition incorporates the significant strides that have been made with the application of modern cell and molecular techniques. It includes the following subjects: * Chemical sensitivity and sensibility * Olfaction * Gustation * Genetic models of chemoreception * Chemosensory signaling * Transduction and the molecular biology of olfaction and taste * And much more Covering a wide range of disciplines including neurobiology, molecular biology, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, biochemistry, and psychology, The Neurobiology of Taste and Smell, Second Edition provides a comprehensive description of the crucial issues and important developments within each area. Students and researchers in neuroscience and cell and molecular biology, in addition to new investigators to the field, will find the Second Edition an essential reference of updated information.

Author Biography

Thomas E. Finger and W. L. Silver are the authors of The Neurobiology of Taste and Smell, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	ix
PART I: CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY	1	(128)
Overview and Introduction	3	(8)
Finger
Restrepo
Silver
Chemoreception in Microorganisms	11	(30)
van Houten
Genetic Models of Chemoreception	41	(32)
Sengupta
Carlson
Chemesthesis: The Common Chemical Sense	73	(28)
Bryant
Silver
Chemical Communication and Pheromones: The Types of Chemical Signals and the Role of the Vomeronasal System	101	(28)
Johnston
PART II: OLFACTION	129	(156)
Cell Biology of Olfactory Epithelium	131	(28)
Farbman
Olfactory Transduction	159	(20)
Ache
Restrepo
Molecular Biology of Olfaction	179	(22)
McClintock
Representation of Olfactory Information in the Brain	201	(32)
Christensen
White
Development of the Olfactory System	233	(24)
Burd
Tolbert
Human Olfaction	257	(28)
Rawson
PART III: GUSTATION	285	(178)
Cell Biology of Taste Epithelium	287	(28)
Finger
Simon
Taste Transduction and Molecular Biology	315	(38)
Glendinning
Chaudhari
Kinnamon
Neural Representation of Taste	353	(40)
Smith
Davis
Gustatory System Development	393	(30)
Barlow
Human Gustation	423	(40)
Breslin
Index	463