Identified Neurons and Behavior of Arthropods

✍ Scribed by Graham Hoyle (auth.), Graham Hoyle (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 590
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Identified Neurons and Behavior of Arthropods presents for the larger audience the papers delivered at a symposium of the same title. I organized this symposium so that a few of the many who owe him a great scientific debt could honor Professor C. A. G. (Kees) Wiersma upon his attaining the age of 70 and retiring from the California Institute of Technology. Everyone of the participants publicly acknowledged his debt to Kees Wiersma, but in a sense there was no need to do so, because the research reported spoke for itself. Seldom in a rapidly developing branch of modem science has all of the recent progress so clearly stemmed from the pioneering work of a single figure. But in this subject, the role of identified nerve cells in determining behavior, Wiersma stood virtually alone for 30 years. He it was who first showed that indi­ vidual nerve cells are recognizable and functionally important and have "per­ sonalities" of their own.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Kees Wiersma: An Appreciation....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Crustacean Neuromuscular Systems: Past, Present, and Future....Pages 9-29
Neuromuscular Transmission in Insects....Pages 31-48
Synaptic Plasticity at Crayfish Neuromuscular Junctions....Pages 49-65
Crustacean Motor Neurons....Pages 67-86
Morphological and Physiological Properties of Motor Neurons Innervating Insect Leg Muscles....Pages 87-99
Inhibition in the Center and the Periphery....Pages 101-115
Role of Peripheral Inhibition in the Control of Arthropod Muscle....Pages 117-130
Compensatory Eye Movements in Crabs....Pages 131-147
Central and Peripheral Features of Crayfish Oculomotor Organization....Pages 149-166
Motor Coordination in Crustacean Limbs....Pages 167-186
Ventilation Motor Mechanisms in the Dragonfly and Other Insects....Pages 187-208
Mechanisms for the Production of Rhythmic Behavior in Crustaceans....Pages 209-225
A Comparative Approach to the Neural Control of Locomotion....Pages 227-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Circumesophageal Interneurons and Behavior in Crayfish....Pages 243-258
Visual Input and Motor Output of Command Interneurons of the Defense Reflex Pathway in the Crayfish....Pages 259-274
Control of Crayfish Escape Behavior....Pages 275-292
The Command Neuron....Pages 293-305
Complex Neural Integration and Identified Interneurons in the Locust Brain....Pages 307-328
Interneurons in the Ventral Nerve Cord of Insects....Pages 329-337
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Flight Mechanisms of the Locust....Pages 339-356
Flight Motor Innervation of a Flesh Fly....Pages 357-368
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
The Bridge between Visual Input and Central Programming in Crustaceans....Pages 371-386
Modulation of Visual Input in the Crayfish....Pages 387-403
Crustacean Optomotor Memory....Pages 405-421
Mechanistic Teleology and Explanation in Neuroethology: Understanding the Origins of Behavior....Pages 423-438
Nonimpulsive Afferent Coding and Stretch Reflexes in Crabs....Pages 439-460
Development of Insect Nervous Systems....Pages 461-481
Pathfinding by Arthropod Sensory Nerves....Pages 483-493
Does Experience Play a Role in the Development of Insect Neuronal Circuitry?....Pages 495-506
Trophic Interactions of Crustacean Neurons....Pages 507-532
Some Perspectives on Comparative Neurophysiology....Pages 533-538
Back Matter....Pages 539-594

✦ Subjects

Neurosciences