Handbook of sensory physiology.
By: Editorial board: H. Autrum [and others].
Contributors: Autrum, Hansjochem.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Neurophysiology; Sensation; Vision
Other titles: Principles of receptor physiology.; Somatosensory system.; Enteroreceptors.; Muscle receptors.; Electroreceptors and other specialized receptors in lower vertebrates.; Chemical senses.; Auditory system.; Vestibular system.; Photochemistry of vision.; Physiology of photoreceptor organs.; Central processing of visual information.; Visual psychophysics.; Visual system in vertebrates.; Comparative physiology and evolution of vision in invertebrates.; Perception.; Development of sensory systems.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Principles of receptor physiology.; title: v. 2. Somatosensory system.; title: v. 3, pt. 1. Enteroceptors.; title: v. 3, pt. 2. Muscle receptors.; title: v. 3, pt. 3. Electroreceptors and other specialized receptors in lower vertebrates.; title: v. 4. Chemical senses. pt. 1. Olfaction. pt. 2. Taste.; title: v. 5. Auditory system. <2 v.>; title: v. 6. Vestibular system. pt. 1. Basic mechanisms.; title: v. 7, pt. 1. Photochemistry of vision.; title: v. 7, pt. 2. Physiology of photoreceptor organs.; title: v. 7, pt. 3. Central processing of visual information. 2 v. [pt.] A. Integrative functions and comparative data. [pt.] B. Visual centers in the brain.; title: v. 7, pt. 4. Visual psychophysics.; title: v. 7, pt. 5. The visual system in vertebrates.; title: v. 7, pt. 6. Comparative physiology and evolution of vision in invertebrates. 3 v. [pt.] A. Invertebrate photoreceptors. [pts.] B-C. Invertebrate visual centers and behavior, I-II.; title: v. 8, Perception.; title: v. 9. Development of sensory systems.