Research Catalog

Title

Invertebrate neurobiology / edited by Geoffrey North, Ralph J. Greenspan.

Publication

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• North, Geoffrey.
• Greenspan, Ralph J.

Description

xii, 665 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.

Series Statement

Cold Spring Harbor monograph series ; 49

Uniform Title

Cold Spring Harbor monograph series ; 49.

Subjects

• Neurobiology
• Invertebrates > physiology
• Invertebrates > Physiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Searching for insight : using invertebrate nervous systems to illuminate fundamental principles in neuroscience / Eve Marder -- 2. Circuit-breaking and behavioral analysis by molecular genetic manipulation of neural activity in Drosophila / Todd C. Holmes, Vasu Sheeba, Dogukan Mizrak, Balint Rubovszky and David Dahdal -- 3. Electrophysiology and optophysiology of complex brain functions in insects / Randolf Menzel -- 4. Olfactory/gustatory processing / Leslie B. Vosshall -- 5. Optic flow processing in the cockpit of the fly / Alexander Borst and Juergen Haag -- 6. Ommatidial adaptations for spatial, spectral, and polarization vision in arthropods / Eric Warrant, Almutt Kelber and Rikard Frederiksen -- 7. Auditory systems in insects / Daniel Robert and Ronald R. Hoy -- 8. Mechanosensory regulation of invertebrate motor systems / Dawn M. Blitz and Michael P. Nusbaum -- 9. The neuromechanics of fly flight control / Mark A. Frye -- 10. Insect walking : from reduced preparations to natural terrain / Roy E. Ritzmann and Ansgar Buschges -- 11. Invertebrate central pattern generators / Paul S. Katz and Scott L. Hooper -- 12. Invertebrate cognition : nonelemental learning beyond simple conditioning / Martin Giurfa -- 13. Memories of worms and flies : from gene to behavior / Catharine Rankin and Josh Dubnau -- 14. Simple minds : the neurobiology of invertebrate learning and memory / David L. Glanzman -- 15. Going wild : toward an ecology of visual information processing / Jochen Zeil, Norbert Boeddeker, Jan M. Hemmi and Wolfgang Sturzl -- 16. Elements of courtship behavior in Drosophila / Jean-Francois Ferveur -- 17. Foraging in flies and worms / Mario de Bono and Maria B. Sokolowski -- 18. Spatial aspects of foraging in ants and bees / Matthew Collett and Thomas S. Collett -- 19. Circadian rhythms and sleep / Amita Sehgal and Ravi Allada -- 20. Behavioral choice / William Kristan and Rhanor Gillette -- 21. Neuroendocrinology of eclosion / John Ewer -- 22. Evolution of excitability in lower metazoans / Robert W. Meech and George O. Mackie -- 23. Evolution of behavioral genes / Rodolfo Costa, Federica Sandrelli and Charalambos P. Kyriacou -- Afterword : universality and brain mechanisms / Ralph J. Greenspan.

ISBN

• 9780879698195 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0879698195 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007012698

OCLC

• ocn122309309
• 122309309
• SCSB-5362496

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries