Comparative Neuroscience and Neurobiology (Readings from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience)

Selected And With An Introduction By Louis N. Irwin. A Pro Scientia Viva Title. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Aplysia , Associative Modifications of Individual Neurons....Pages 1-2 Aplysia , Egg-Laying Behavior....Pages 3-4 Aplysia , Rhythmic Behavior....Pages 5-6 Aplysia , Tool in Neuroscience Research....Pages 7-8 Birdsong....Pages 9-12 Brain, Primitive, Flatworms....Pages 13-14 Brain Size....Pages 15-17 Brains, Structural Symmetries of....Pages 18-19 The Cetacean Central Nervous System....Pages 20-25 Crayfish, Escape Reaction, Lateral Giant Neuron-Mediated....Pages 26-27 Crustacean Nervous System Control of Behavior....Pages 28-29 Echolocation....Pages 30-33 Electric Organs, Fishes....Pages 34-36 Electroreceptors and Electrosensing....Pages 37-37 Evolution of the Vertebrate Brain....Pages 38-41 Fly, Visual System....Pages 42-43 Homology....Pages 44-45 Homoplasy....Pages 46-46 Honeybee Learning....Pages 47-47 Hydra, Neurohormones....Pages 48-48 Infrared Sense....Pages 49-50 Insect Communication, Intraspecific....Pages 51-52 Insect Flight (Locust)....Pages 53-54 Language, Nonhuman....Pages 55-56 Language Evolution....Pages 57-58 Lateral Line System....Pages 59-60 Leech, Nervous System Development....Pages 61-62 Marsupials, Nervous System....Pages 63-68 The Mauthner Cell....Pages 69-71 Membrane Channels, Conditioning-Induced Changes....Pages 72-75 Metamorphosis (Caterpillars, Moths)....Pages 76-78 Mind, Animal....Pages 79-81 Nematode C. elegans , Nervous System....Pages 82-83 Nerve Nets....Pages 84-86 Neural Transmission, Squid Giant Synapse....Pages 87-89 Neuroethology....Pages 90-92 Neurogenetics, Behavioral....Pages 93-95 Neuroscience, Comparative....Pages 96-96 Octopus Brain....Pages 97-99 Optic Tectum....Pages 100-101 Paramecium , the Ionic Basis of Sensorimotor Behavior....Pages 102-103 Peptides, Amphibian (Skin)....Pages 104-106 Prefrontal Cortex....Pages 107-109 Primate Communication: Signaling, Vocalization....Pages 110-112 Primates....Pages 113-115 Regeneration and the Neurotrophic Phenomenon in Amphibians....Pages 116-116 Reptiles....Pages 117-120 Sound Communication in Anurans (Frogs and Toads), Neuroethology of....Pages 121-121 Sound Localization in the Owl....Pages 122-123 Stomatogastric Ganglion....Pages 124-125 Triune Brain....Pages 126-128 Visual System Development, Invertebrates....Pages 129-132 Back Matter....Pages 133-134