Sensorimotor Integration

The third of a planned group of volumes dealing with reptilian nervous systems. Sensorimotor Integration focuses chiefly on visual and sensorimotor aspects of reptilian neurobiology.

List of contents

Preface 1 Retinal Structure Ellengene H. Peterson 2 Retinal Function in Turtles Alan M. Granda and David F. Sisson 3 Comparative Analysis of the Primary Visual System of Reptiles Jacques Reperant, Jean-Paul Rio, Roger Ward, Stephane Hergueta, Dom Miceli, and Michel Lemire 4 Optic Tectum Philip S. Ulinski, Dennis M. Dacey, and Martin I. Sereno 5 Anatomy and Physiology of Infrared Sensitivity of Snakes Gerard J. Molenaar 6 Muscle Spindles, Tendon Organs, and Joint Receptors Alan Crowe 7 The Cerebellum Hans J. ten Donkelaar and Gesineke C. Bangma 8 Neuropeptides in the Nervous System Anton J. Reiner

About the author

Carl Gans is professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Michigan. He is the editor of the Journal of Morphology. Philip S. Ulinski is professor in and chairman of the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago.

Summary

The third of a planned group of volumes dealing with reptilian nervous systems. Sensorimotor Integration focuses chiefly on visual and sensorimotor aspects of reptilian neurobiology.

Product details

• Authors: Carl Gans
• Assisted by: etc. (Editor), Carl Gans (Editor), Carl (University of Michigan) Gans (Editor), Gans Carl (Editor), Philip S. Ulinski (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1992
• EAN: 9780226281193
• ISBN: 978-0-226-28119-3
• No. of pages: 790
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 4 mm
• Weight: 1162 g
• Series: Biology of the Reptilia; Biology of the Reptilia S.; Biology of Reptilia BRP (CHUP); Biology of Reptilia BRP; Biology of the Reptilia Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Animal Physiology, Zoology and animal sciences, Reptiles, Zoology: amphibians and reptiles (herpetology)