The Five Senses and Beyond

Jennifer L. Hellier, PhD, is assistant professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Cell & Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Encyclopedia
Accommodation
Action Potential
Adrenaline
Afferent Tracts
Age-Related Hearing Loss
Ageusia
Agnosia
Amblyopia
American Sign Language
Americans with Disabilities Act
Amygdala
Anesthesia
Anophthalmia
Anosmia
Assistive Technology
Association for Chemoreception Sciences
Astigmatism
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Auditory Hallucinations
Auditory Processing Disorder
Auditory System
Auditory-Tactile Synesthesia
Auditory Threshold
Aura
Autonomic Nervous System
Axel, Richard
Axon
Balance
Baroreceptors
Bartoshuk, Linda
Bell's Palsy
Bietti's Crystalline Dystrophy
Bitter Sensation
Blind Spot
Blindness
Blink Reflex
Bowman's Glands
Braille
Brain Anatomy
Brainstem
Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials
Brodmann Areas
Buck, Linda
Burning Mouth Syndrome
Carotid Body
Cataracts
Central Nervous System
Cerebral Cortex
Chemoreception
Chorda Tympani Nerve
Chromesthesia
Chronoception
Circadian Rhythm
Circumvallate Papillae
Cochlea
Cochlear Implants
Color Blindness
Color Perception
Cone Dystrophy
Cones
Congenital Insensitivity to Pain
Consensual Pupillary Light Reflex
Cranial Nerves
Deafness
Desensitization
Diplopia
Discriminative Touch
Dizziness
Doppler Effect
Dysgeusia
Dysosmia
Ear Protection
Emesis
Entorhinal Cortex
Excitation
Exteroception
Eye Protection
Facial Nerve
Fainting
Familial Dysautonomia
Fovea Centralis
Free Nerve Endings
Fungiform Papillae
Ganglia
Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Golgi Tendon Organs
G Proteins
Grapheme-Color Synesthesia
Heightened Senses
Holmes-Adie Syndrome
Homunculus
Horner Syndrome
Hubel, David H.
Hunger
Hypergeusia
Hyperopia
Hypogeusia
Inferior Colliculus
Inferior Salivatory Nucleus
Inhibition
Interoception
Interrelatedness of Taste and Smell
Keller, Helen
Klüver-Bucy Syndrome
Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesia
Limbic System
Mechanoreceptors
Meissner's Corpuscles
Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
Membrane Potential: Depolarization and Hyperpolarization
Meniere's Disease
Merkel Cell
Microphthalmia
Mirror-Touch Synesthesia
Misophonia
Mobius Syndrome
Mosquito Machine
Motion Sickness
Myasthenia Gravis
Myopia
National Organization for Rare Disorders
Nausea
Nerves
Neurological Examination
Neurologist
Neuropil
Nociception
Nociceptors
Noradrenaline
Nystagmus
Occipital Lobe
Ocular Dominance Columns
Odor Intensity Scale
Odor Threshold
Olfactory Bulb
Olfactory Mucosa
Olfactory Nerve
Olfactory Reference Syndrome
Olfactory Sensory Neurons
Olfactory System
Optic Nerve
Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Orthostatic Hypotension
Otoacoustic Emissions
Otoliths
Pacinian Corpuscles
Paresthesia
Parietal Lobe
Perception
Peripheral Nervous System
Peripheral Neuropathy
Phantom Pain
Phantosmia
Pheromones
Pregnancy and Sense of Smell
Presbyopia
Primary Odors
Proprioception
Proprioception Deficit Disorders
Ptosis
Ramón y Cajal, Santiago
Reflex
Restless Legs Syndrome
Retina
Retinopathy
Rods
Saccades
Saccule
Sacks, Oliver Wolf
Salty Sensation
Satiety
Seizures
Semicircular Canals
Senses of Animals
Sensory Deprivation
Sensory Receptors
Society for Neuroscience
Somatosensory Cortex
Somatosensory System
Sound Localization
Sour Sensation
Spatial Sequence Synesthesia
Stereocilia
Stereopsis
Strabismus
Sullivan, Anne
Superior Colliculus
Superior Salivatory Nucleus
Supertaster
Sweet Sensation
Synesthesia
Taste Aversion
Taste Bud
Taste System
Thalamus
Thermal Sense
Thermoreceptors
Thirst
3D Movies and Technology
Tinnitus
Tonotopic Map
Touch
Trigeminal Nerve
Tunnel Vision
Type I Taste Cells
Type II Taste Cells
Type III Taste Cells
Umami
Utricle
Vagus Nerve
Vestibular System
Vestibulocochlear Nerve
Vibration Sensation
Visceral Sensation
Visual Fields
Visual Motor System
Visual Perception
Visual System
Visual Threshold
Vomeronasal Organ
Wiesel, Torsten N.

Appendix
Glossary
Index
About the Editor and Contributors