Synopses & Reviews
Examines the biochemistry, physiology, and anatomy of the olfactory, gustatory, and trigeminal chemosensory systems. The text explores the role of olfactory assessment in disease diagnosis and provides an up-to-date review of chemosensory research. in the medical, food, beverage, flavour, perfume, and energy industries.
Book News Annotation:
Both main sections—olfaction and gustation—are thricely
subdivided into the topics of anatomy and neurobiology; functional
measurement, ontogeny, and genetics; and clinical applications and
perspectives. The last and much shorter section on other chemosensory
systems is all-of-a-piece. The new edition contains an author index
and 10 new chapters to account for growth in such fields as
neuroscience, functional imaging, cybernetics, toxicology,
structure-activity assessment, molecular biology, and animal
behavior. The Handbook is meant to appeal to a wide range of medical
specialists and basic scientists in academia, industry, and
government, and can serve as a textbook for graduate, medical, and
postdoctoral fellows from an array of disciplines. Most contributors
are from the US.
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