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Front Cover; Fish Physiology, Volume V; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents of Other Volumes; Chapter 1. Vision: Visual Pigments; I. The Eye as an Optical System; II. Visual Pigments; References; Chapter 2. Vision: Electrophysiology of the Retina; I. Introduction; II. Electroretinogram; III. Response of Single Ganglion Cells; IV. Response of Photoreceptors; V. Responses in the Inner Nuclear Layer; VI. Retinal Mechanisms of Color Vision; References; Chapter 3. Vision: The Experimental Analysis of Visual Behavior; I. Introduction.

II. Relative Discrimination WeaknessesIII. Configurational Properties of Shapes; IV. Perceptual Equivalence and Change in Spatial Position; V. Selective Attention; VI. Toward a Unified Outlook on Visual Behavior; References; Chapter 4. Chemoreception; I. Introduction; II. Anatomy of Chemical Sense Organs; III. Behavioral Studies of Chemoreceptive Functions; IV. Electrophysiological Studies of Chemoreceptor Responses; V. Biological Aspects of Chemoreception; References; Chapter 5. Temperature Receptors; I. Introduction; II. Thermal Sensitivity of Fishes; III. The Sense Organs Involved.

IV. ElectrophysiologyV. Thermal Responses of Other Sense Organs; References; Chapter 6. Sound Production and Detection; I. Introduction; II. Sound Production; III. Sound Detection; IV. Acoustic Communication in Fish; V. Problems and Prospects for the Future; References; Chapter 7. The Labyrinth; I. Structure; II. Function; References; Chapter 8. The Lateral Line Organ Mechanoreceptors; I. Introduction; II. Structure of the Sense Organ; III. Sensory Excitation in the Hair Cell; IV. Transmission at the Sensory Synapse; V. Initiation of Nerve Impulses; VI. The Central Nervous System and Feedback.

VII. ConclusionReferences; Chapter 9. The Mauthner Cell; I. Introduction; II. The Basic Anatomy of the Mauthner Neuron; III. The Selective Activation of Mauthner Neurons; IV. The "Mauthner Reflex"; V. The Spinal Circuitry; VI. The Anatomy of the Spinal Circuitry; VII. The Precision and Constancy of the Minimum Discrimination Time; VIII. The Excitation of the Mauthner Cells; IX. The Functions of the Mauthner Cells; References; Chapter 10. Electric Organs; I. Introduction; II. Electric Organs and Electrocytes; III. Neural Control of Electric Organs; IV. Conclusions and Prospects; References.

Chapter 11. ElectroreceptionI. Introduction; II. Distribution of Electroreceptors; III. Tonic Electroreceptors; IV. Phasic Electroreceptors; V. Receptor Function in Electroreception; VI. Evolution of Electrosensory Systems and Electric Organs; VII. Implications for Receptor Function in General; References; Author Index; Systematic Index; Subject Index.

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