Chemosensory Systems in Mammals, Fishes, and Insects / edited by Sigrun Korsching, Wolfgang Meyerhof

The sense of smell has varied roles in locating food, detecting predators, navigating, and communicating social information, whereas the taste system is focused on decision-making in food intake. The last decade has witnessed massive advances in understanding the molecular logic of chemosensory information processing, and the results for taste sensation were found to differ in interesting ways from those for smell sensation. The 12 chapters of this book cover the current knowledge about the chemosensory systems in mammalian, fish and insect models. The advantages of the different model systems are emphasized. The genomic characteristics and evolution of olfactory and gustatory receptor gene families are analyzed, rules for odorant receptor gene choice and axonal projection of the corresponding receptor neurons are discussed, and the similarities and dissimilarities of pheromone vs. odorant sensing are examined as well as the molecular logic of mammalian sweet taste, bitter taste, and fat perception. Olfactory-guided and taste-guided behaviors are discussed, with a particular emphasis on the insect system..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg ; 2009

Weitere Ausgaben:

Buchausg. u.d.T.: Chemosensory systems in mammals, fishes, and insects

Reihe:

Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation - 47

SpringerLink, Bücher

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Korsching, Sigrun [VerfasserIn]
Meyerhof, Wolfgang [Sonstige Person]

Links:

Volltext
Volltext [lizenzpflichtig]
Cover
Kapitel 1
Einführung/Vorwort
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

978-3-540-69919-4

978-3-540-69918-7

Nlm:

W1

WL 700

BKL:

42.63 / Tierphysiologie

Themen:

Animal Physiology
Animal genetics
Aufsatzsammlung
Biochemistry
Chemischer Sinn
Fische
Fishes
Insects
Insekten
Life Sciences
Life sciences
Mammals
Neurobiology
Olfactory Perception
Receptors, Odorant
Säugetiere
Sense Organs

RVK:

RVK Klassifikation

Anmerkungen:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Umfang:

Online-Ressource (digital)

doi:

10.1007/978-3-540-69919-4

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1648249604