Product Description: Edited by Thomas E. Finger, Wayne L. Silver, and Diego RestrepoThe ability to detect chemicals in one's surroundings is a vital function for organisms ranging from single cells to insects to humans. The explosion of information provided by molecular and cellular biology has contributed greatly to our understanding of how the chemical senses function in these organisms and is the impetus for the second edition of The Neurobiology of Taste and Smell...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: An introduction and overview of the chemical senses, from single cell organisms to vertebrates including man, this book is directed at the non-specialist who may be familiar with other aspects of neurobiology but lacks knowledge of the chemical senses.