This application of comparative neurobiology examines a variety of vertebrates and invertebrates to delineate the neural processes of each in relation to its environment. Focusing on modes of communication within the nervous system itself and between the organism and its environment, the contributors address the fundamental topics of how nervous systems are constructed and organized, the interactions among their components, and how behavior is generated. Beginning with the development and plasticity of the nervous system, it covers modes of communication between cells processing data in the brain, as well as integrative brain processes that generate and control motor activity and behavior.
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illustrations, bibliography, index
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Höhe: 240 mm
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978-0-471-87853-7 (9780471878537)
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DEVELOPMENT, REGENERATION AND PLASTICITY: Factors Influencing Neural Differentiation in the Periphery; Developmental Plasticity During the Metamorphosis of an Insect Nervous System; Plasticity and the Regulation of Synaptic Properties of Anuran Neuromuscular Junctions; Changes of Form and Function in Regenerating Neurons; MODES OF COMMUNICATION: Ion Channels of Lymphocytes; Communication by Conducting Epithelia; Channels in the Junctions between Cells: Formation and Permeability; INTEGRATIVE PROCESSES: NETWORKS: Lamination and Peptidergic Systems in the Frog Optic Tectum; Neuronal Circuits for Patterning Motor Activity in Invertebrates; Neural Control of the Vertebrate Limb: Multipartite Pattern Generators in the Spinal Cord; INTEGRATIVE PROCESSES: BEHAVIOR: Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Behavior; Multimodal Integrations in the Brain: Combining Dissimilar Views of the World; EPILOGUE - a Neurobiological Approach to Human Behavior; Index.
