The senses
Subtitle: a comprehensive reference
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780123708809
Subjects: Senses and sensation
Description: " ... provides the first up-to-date, cutting-edge, comprehensive reference work combining volumes on all major sensory modalities in one set in three decades. Under the guidance of a distinguished team of international experts, 6 volumes collected 300 articles from all the top scientists laying out our current knowledge on the anatomy, physiology, and molecular biology of sensory organs. Topics covered include the perception, psychophysics, and higher order processing of sensory information, as well as disorders and new diagnostic and treatment methods. Written for a wide audience, this reference work provides students, scholars, medical doctors, and anyone interested in neuroscience a comprehensive overview of the knowledge accumulated on the function of sense organs, sensory systems, and how the brain processes sensory input. Leading scholars from around the world contributed articles, making The Senses a truly international portrait of sensory physiology. The set is the definitive reference on sensory neuroscience on the market, and will provide the ultimate entry point into the review and original literature in Sensory Neuroscience, and be a natural place for interested students and scientists to deepen their knowledge."--Publisher description.
Notes: "Advisory board, Allan I. Basbaum [and others]."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This resource is available only to current faculty, staff and students of Columbia University.

Also available in print.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: v. 1-2. Vision / vol. editors, Richard H. Masland, Tom Albright; title: v. 3. Audition / vol. editors, Peter Dallos, Donata Oertel; title: v. 4. Olfaction and taste / vol. editors, Stuart Firestein, Gary K. Beauchamp; title: v. 5. Pain / vol. editors, M. Catherine Bushnell, Allan I. Basbaum; title: v. 6. Somatosensation / vol. editors, Esther Gardner, Jon H. Kaas.