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Sensory Transduction

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Antonio Borsellino

    1. International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy

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  2. Luigi Cervetto

    1. Institute of Neurophysiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy

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  3. Vincent Torre

    1. University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 194)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Ions and Channels

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Primer of Permeation and Gating

      • R. Horn
      Pages 3-16

    3. Interactions among Cations in Current Conduction through the Stretch-Activated Channel of the Frog Oocyte

      • S. Masetto, M. Toselli, V. Taglietti
      Pages 17-22

  3. Mechanotransduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Mechanoreception

      • J. F. Ashmore
      Pages 25-50

    3. Electrical Properties of the Basolateral Membrane of Hair Cells — A Review

      • C. J. Kros
      Pages 51-63

  4. Chemotransduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. The Chemistry of Chemoreception in Vertebrate Sensory Systems

      • E. Bignetti, A. Cavaggioni, R. Tirindelli
      Pages 67-80

    3. Antennae and Noses: Their Sensitivities as Molecule Detectors

      • K.-E Kaissling
      Pages 81-97

    4. Molecular and Cellular Receptors in Olfaction: A Novel Model under Investigation

      • E. Bignetti, S. Grolli, R. Ramoni
      Pages 99-106

  5. Phototransduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Microvillar Photoreceptor Cells of Invertebrates

      • H. Stieve
      Pages 109-123

    3. The Rhodopsin-Transducin-cGMP-Phosphodiesterase Cascade of Visual Transduction

      • F. Bornancin, C. Pfister, M. Chabre
      Pages 125-137

    4. Guanylate Cyclase of Retinal Rod Outer Segment

      • I. M. Pepe, I. Panfoli, C. Cugnoli
      Pages 139-145

    5. Physical Studies of α-βγ Subunit Interactions of the Rod Outer Segment G Protein, G t : Effects of Monoclonal Antibody Binding

      • M. R. Mazzoni, H. E. Hamm
      Pages 147-156

    6. Comparative Effects of Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors on Detached Rod Outer Segment Function

      • G. Rispoli, P. G. Gillespie, P. B. Detwiler
      Pages 157-167

    7. Cation Selectivity of the cGMP-Gated Channel of Mammalian Rod Photoreceptors

      • H. Lühring, W. Hanke, R. Simmoteit, U. B. Kaupp
      Pages 169-173

    8. The Effect of pH on the Cyclic GMP-Activated Conductance in Retinal Rods

      • A. Menini, B. J. Nunn
      Pages 175-181

    9. The Cytosolic Concentration of Free Ca2+ in Vertebrate Rod Outer Segments

      • W. G. Owen, G. M. Ratto
      Pages 183-191
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Present knowledge of the mechanisms underlying any single sensory modality is so massive as to discourage effort directed towards completeness. The idea underlying the structure of this volume on "Sensory transduction" was to select just a few topics of general interest, which are currently being investigated and for which a reasonably clear picture is now available. During the last five years there has been a revolution in the way sensory physi­ ologists think about transduction, and a series of exciting advances have been made in understanding the basic processes of photo transduction, chemotransduction and mechan­ otransduction. It is clear that in many cases the fundamental processes by which nature attains optimization of performance are similar, and that they have much in common with more general processes of signal recognition by living structures. The molecular events underlying the detection of photons by visual cells, the recognition of a given molecule by a chemoreceptor, or the level of a hormone in the extracellular fluid by a target cell, are all very similar, and involve the activation of a sequence of events leading to a secon d messenger. The 20 papers that form the present volume cover various topics in the field of sensory transduction. They originate from the lectures, seminars and discussions which made up the XVIII Course of the International School of Biophysics held in Erice, 9th - 19th June 1988.

Editors and Affiliations

  • International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy

    Antonio Borsellino

  • Institute of Neurophysiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy

    Luigi Cervetto

  • University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

    Vincent Torre

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