This book contains excellent reviews on significant topics in crustacean neurobiology, introductory texts for classroom usage, examples for exciting original research, an account of a new research strategy and a new concept for teaching the principles of neuroscience, all written by renowned scientists from all over the world. In short, exciting reading for every neurobiologist.
Edited by:
Konrad Wiese
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: 2002 ed.
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 1.380kg
ISBN: 9783540438090
ISBN 10: 3540438092
Pages: 301
Publication Date: 11 September 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews of Crustacean Neurobiology.- Crayfish Escape Behavior: Lessons Learned.- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Amine Modulation in Crustacea.- Physiology of the Crustacean Cardiac Ganglion..- Statocysts and Statocyst Control of Motor Pathways in Crayfish and Crabs.- The Abdominal Muscle Receptor Organ of Crayfish and Lobsters: Current Issues.- Neurobiology of Crustacean Walking: from Past to Future.- Introductions to the Crustacean Nervous System.- Serotonin in Crustacean Systems: More than a Half Century of Fundamental Discoveries.- The Study ofNeuromodulators-Opening Pandora's Box.- The Crustacean Synapse Scene at the End of the Millennium.- Invited special contribution: Synapse Specification for Regenerated Motoneurons in Crayfish Muscle.- Crustaceans as Animal Models for Olfactory Research.- Visual Systems.- Visual systems: Neural Mechanisms and Visual Behavior.- Path Integration in Fiddler Crabs and Its Relation to Habitat and Social Life.- The Sun, the Moon, and the Sandhopper.- Behavioral Evolution.- Synergies Between Disparate Motor Systems: Loci For Behavioral Evolution.- Crustacean Systems in Teaching Principles of Neuroscience.- The Crawdad Project: Crustaceans as Model Systems for Teaching Principles of Neuroscience.- of the volume: The Crustacean Nervous.
