Research Catalog

Title

Sensory transduction / edited by Antonio Borsellino, Luigi Cervetto, and Vincent Torre.

Author

International School of Biophysics (18th : 1988 : Erice, Italy)

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, ©1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Borsellino, Antonio.
• Cervetto, L.
• Torre, Vincent, 1950-
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.

Description

xiv, 271 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

NATO ASI series. Series A, Life sciences ; vol. 194

Uniform Title

NATO ASI series. Series A, Life sciences ; v. 194.

Subject

• Senses and sensation > Congresses
• Cellular signal transduction > Congresses
• Sensory Receptor Cells > physiology
• Signal Transduction > physiology
• Cellular signal transduction
• Senses and sensation

Genre/Form

• Congress
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• "Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute/18th Course of the International School of Biophysics on sensory transduction, held June 9-19, 1988, in Erice, Italy"--T.p. verso.
• "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

A primer of permeation and gating / R. Horn -- Interactions among cations in current conduction through the stretch-activated channel of the frog oocyte / S. Masetto, M. Toselli and V. Taglietti -- Mechanoreception / J.F. Ashmore -- Electrical properties of the basolateral membrane of hair cells : a review / C.J. Kros -- The chemistry of chemoreception in vertebrate sensory systems / E. Bignetti, A. Cavaggioni and R. Tirindelli -- Antennae and noses : their sensitivities as molecule detectors / K.-E. Kaissling -- Molecular and cellular receptors in olfaction : a novel model under investigation / E. Bignetti, S. Grolli and R. Ramoni -- Microvillar photoreceptor cells of invertebrates : anatomy and physiology / H. Stieve -- The rhodopsin-transducin-cGMP-phosphodiesterase cascade of visual transduction / F. Bornancin, C. Pfister and M. Chabre -- Guanylate cyclase of retinal rod outer segment / I.M. Pepe, I. Panfoli and C. Cugnoli -- Physical studies of [alpha]-[beta gamma] subunit interactions of the rod outer segment G protein, G[subscript t] : effects of monoclonal antibody binding / M.R. Mazzoni and H.E. Hamm -- Comparative effects of phosphodiesterase inhibitors on detached rod outer segment function / G. Rispoli, P.G. Gillespie and P.B. Detwiler -- Cation selectivity of the cGMP-gated channel of mammalian rod photoreceptors / H. Lühring, W. Hanke, R. Simmoteit and U.B. Kaupp -- The effect of pH on the cyclic GMP-activated conductance in retinal rods / A. Menini and B.J. Nunn -- The cytosolic concentration of free Ca²⁺ in vertebrate rod outer segments / W.G. Owen and G.M. Ratto -- Control of intracellular calcium in vertebrate photoreceptors / P.A. McNaughton, L. Cervetto, L. Lagnado, R.J. Perry and D.W. Robinson -- Light adaptation in retinal rods of the newt / S. Forti, A. Menini, G. Rispoli, L. Spadavecchia. and V. Torre -- Differences in response kinetics and absolute sensitivity between red-, blue- and ultraviolet-sensitive cones of the tiger salamander / R.J. Perry, A.J. Craig and P.A. McNaughton -- A presynaptic action of glutamate on cone photoreceptors / K. Everett, M. Sarantis and D. Attwell -- Properties of electrogenic glutamate uptake in retinal glia / B. Barbour, H. Brew and D. Attwell -- The photoresponses of the trout pineal cells / C. Kusmic, P.L. Marchiafava and E. Strettoi.

ISBN

• 0306436779
• 9780306436772

LCCN

90042555

OCLC

• ocm22108645
• 22108645
• SCSB-1896896

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library