Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 6

ISBN-13: 9780306442506 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 638 str.

Richard Doty; R. L. Doty; Dietland M]ller-Schwarze

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This volume is an up-to-date treatise of chemosensory vertebrate research performed by over 200 scientists from 22 countries. Importantly, data from over 25 taxa of vertebrates are presented, including those from human beings. Unlike other volumes on this topic, a significant nurober of the contributions come from leading workers in the former Soviet Union and reflect studies within a wide variety of disciplines, including behavior, biochemistry, ecology, endocrinology, genetics, psychophysics, and morphol ogy. Most of the studies described in this volume were presented at the Chemical Signals in Vertbrates VI (CSV VI) symposium held at the University of Pennsylvania in the summer of 1991. This international symposium was the largest and the most recent of a series of six such symposia, the first of which was held in Saratoga Springe, New York (June 6-9, 1976) and the last in Oxford, England (August 8-10, 1988). Unlike the previous symposia, Chemical Signals in Vertabrates VI lasted a full week, reflecting the increased number of participants and the desire of many to present their research findings orally to the group as a whole."

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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF CHEMOSENSORY SYSTEMS: Action of Sucrose on the Salty Taste Response (K. Tonosaki). BODY FLUIDS AND SCENT GLAND CHEMISTRY: Chemical Analysis of PreyDerived Vomeronasal Stimulants (D. Wang et al.). DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMOSENSORY SYSTEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: Olfactory Receptors in Acipenseridae Fish Larvae (G.A. Pyatkina). SEMIOCHEMICALS AND THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATABILITY COMPLEX: MHC Control of Odortypes in the Mouse (K. Yamazaki). SEMIOCHEMICALS AND THE ENDOCRINE PROCESSES: Chemosignals and Reproduction in Adult Female House Mice (L.C. Drickamer). CHEMICAL REPELLENTS AND CHEMOSENSORY AVERSIONS. BEHAVIOR AND CHEMICALLY MEDICATED SOCIAL COMMUNICATION: Fish. Reptiles. Amphibia. Birds. Mammals: Cetaceans, Rodents, Lagomorphs, Ungulates, and Carnivores. Mammals: Humans. 86 additional articles. Index.