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Author | : Malcolm Burrows |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 712 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
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This book reviews the advances in insect neurobiology in the last two decades and highlights the contributions of this field to our understanding of how nervous systems function in general. By concentrating largely on one insect, the locust, this book unravels the mechanisms by which a brain integrates the vast array of sensory information to generate movement and behavior. The author describes the structure and development of the insect brain, detailing the cellular properties of insect neurons and the way they are altered by neurosecretors. Insect movements are fully analyzed at the cellular level to illustrate particular features of integrative processing. Richly illustrated, this volume emphasizes how the brain of an insect can be an informative model for defining basic neural mechanisms, shared by other animals and man.
Author | : Uwe Homberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Brain |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : N.J. Strausfeld |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
Download Atlas of an Insect Brain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This Atlas is addressed not only to specialists of Arthropod neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, but to anyone interested in the general structure of brain. Originally, it was planned to encompass several species of insects in order to show similarities and differences between them: but in practice such an under taking would have demanded a volume three times the present size, an exercise both prohibitive in cost and in material. And had it been accomplished it would have merely concussed all but the most persevering readers. Since my intention is not to stun but to enlighten, I have consequently restricted the main contents of this book to one species, Musca domestica, the common house fly. The Atlas attempts to illustrate the main neuropil regions of the fused cephalic ganglia as well as to define the main tracts and many single neurons which contribute to their structure. Since the accounts of FU)GEL in 1876, VIALLANES in 1884 and KENYON in 1896 and 1897, all three workers veritable Ptolemys of insect neuroanatomy, only the description of POWER comes near to modernizing our knowledge of the general dispositions of the main neuropil masses. And as far as I am aware, apart from the now classic work of reference by BULLOCK and HORRIDGE: Structure and Function in the Nervous System of Invertebrates, there is no contemporary work which lists, in a concise way, the various terminologies used for brain regions.
Author | : Nicholas James Strausfeld |
Publisher | : Springer Verlag |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Brain |
ISBN | : 9780387073439 |
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Author | : Nicholas James Strausfeld |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 849 |
Release | : 2012-01-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0674046331 |
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In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin proposed that an ant’s brain, no larger than a pin’s head, must be sophisticated to accomplish all that it does. Yet today many people still find it surprising that insects and other arthropods show behaviors that are much more complex than innate reflexes. They are products of versatile brains which, in a sense, think. Fascinating in their own right, arthropods provide fundamental insights into how brains process and organize sensory information to produce learning, strategizing, cooperation, and sociality. Nicholas Strausfeld elucidates the evolution of this knowledge, beginning with nineteenth-century debates about how similar arthropod brains were to vertebrate brains. This exchange, he shows, had a profound and far-reaching impact on attitudes toward evolution and animal origins. Many renowned scientists, including Sigmund Freud, cut their professional teeth studying arthropod nervous systems. The greatest neuroanatomist of them all, Santiago Ramón y Cajal—founder of the neuron doctrine—was awed by similarities between insect and mammalian brains. Writing in a style that will appeal to a broad readership, Strausfeld weaves anatomical observations with evidence from molecular biology, neuroethology, cladistics, and the fossil record to explore the neurobiology of the largest phylum on earth—and one that is crucial to the well-being of our planet. Highly informative and richly illustrated, Arthropod Brains offers an original synthesis drawing on many fields, and a comprehensive reference that will serve biologists for years to come.
Author | : Thomas A. Christensen |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 461 |
Release | : 2004-12-20 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1420039423 |
Download Methods in Insect Sensory Neuroscience Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Insects are among the most diverse and adaptable organisms on Earth. They have long been our chief competitors for food and are responsible for spreading devastating afflictions such as malaria and encephalitis. The insects' ability to thrive is due in large part to their well-developed sensory systems, which present a host of novel physiological,
Author | : Nicholas J. Strausfeld |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780040073431 |
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Author | : Martin Giurfa |
Publisher | : Elsevier Inc. Chapters |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2013-06-18 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0128071516 |
Download Invertebrate Learning and Memory Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The behavior of insects transcends elementary forms of adaptive responding to environmental changes. We discuss examples of exploration, instrumental and observational learning, expectation, learning in a social context, and planning of future actions. We show that learning about sensory cues allows insects to transfer flexibly their responses to novel stimuli attaining thereby different levels of complexity, from basic generalization to categorization and concept learning consistent with rule extraction. We argue that updating of existing memories requires multiple forms of memory processing. A key element in these processes is working memory, an active form of memory considered to allow evaluation of actions on the basis of expected outcome. We discuss which of these cognitive faculties can be traced to specific neural processes and how they relate to the overall organization of the insect brain.
Author | : Kenneth David Roeder |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780674608016 |
Download Nerve Cells and Insect Behavior Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Insects are ideal subjects for neurophysiological studies. This classic volume relates the activities of nerve cells to the activities of insects, something that had never been attempted when the book first appeared in 1963. In several elegant experiments, Roeder shows how stimulus and behavior are related through the nervous system.
Author | : Geoffrey North |
Publisher | : CSHL Press |
Total Pages | : 671 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0879698195 |
Download Invertebrate Neurobiology Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Emphasises on evolutionary aspects of neurobiology in model and non-model invertebrates. This work includes chapters on eye evolution, higher cognitive functions in insects, circadian rhythms and sleep, and more. Its covers techniques that allow manipulation of activity in specified neurons and investigation of behavior.