Sensory Transduction

by Gordon L. Fain

Book Overview

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, we have wondered how our sense organs tell us about the world around us. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the anatomy of sensory tissues was described in considerable detail, and important discoveries were made about the proteins and electrical responses of sensory receptors. The most interesting question, however, continued to elude us: how are sights and sounds and smells converted into electrical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878931716
• ISBN13: 9780878931712
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Sinauer Associates Is an Imprint of Oxford Un
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.