Proceedings of the Taniguchi Symposia on Brain Sciences Volume 7
Editors: F. Oosawa, T. Yoshioka and H. Hayashi
This book contains papers which discuss many differentstimulus--response systems ranging from those in bacteria and parameciato those in insects and mammals. Emphasis is placed on theidentification and characterization of receptor molecules, physicalproperties of channel molecules, physical and chemical changes inreceptors, channels and other structures after stimuli, and themolecular events in the sequential response, excitation, adaptation andlearning phases. Use is made throughout of both traditional and newtechniques in electrophysiology, biochemistry, genetics andultrastructural analysis.
By covering a wide range of stimulus--response systems the book invitescomparison between systems and generates discussion about commonprinciples underlying information reception, transduction and response.It will be of interest to researchers in neuroscience, physiology andcellular and molecular biology.
1984; x+268 pages ISBN 90-6764-041-7 Price (all prices are subject to change without notice): EUR 106/US$ 152
