Structure and Evolution of Invertebrate Nervous Systems
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 17 December 2015
- ISBN 9780199682201
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages768 pages
- Size 281x226x47 mm
- Weight 2930 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This is the first synthesis of the broad diversity of nervous system architecture and evolution in 50 years, including contributions from 50 of the leading morphological and taxonomic specialists in the field and describing the most recent advances in the light of new molecular and optical techniques.
MoreLong description:
The nervous system is particularly fascinating for many biologists because it controls animal characteristics such as movement, behavior, and coordinated thinking. Invertebrate neurobiology has traditionally been studied in specific model organisms, whilst knowledge of the broad diversity of nervous system architecture and its evolution among metazoan animals has received less attention. This is the first major reference work in the field for 50 years, bringing together many leading evolutionary neurobiologists to review the most recent research on the structure of invertebrate nervous systems and provide a comprehensive and authoritative overview for a new generation of researchers.
Presented in full colour throughout, Structure and Evolution of Invertebrate Nervous Systems synthesizes and illustrates the numerous new findings that have been made possible with light and electron microscopy. These include the recent introduction of new molecular and optical techniques such as immunohistochemical staining of neuron-specific antigens and fluorescence in-situ-hybridization, combined with visualization by confocal laser scanning microscopy. New approaches to analysing the structure of the nervous system are also included such as micro-computational tomography, cryo-soft X-ray tomography, and various 3-D visualization techniques. The book follows a systematic and phylogenetic structure, covering a broad range of taxa, interspersed with chapters focusing on selected topics in nervous system functioning which are presented as research highlights and perspectives.
This comprehensive reference work will be an essential companion for graduate students and researchers alike in the fields of metazoan neurobiology, morphology, zoology, phylogeny and evolution.
This is an important, up-to-date, and highly useful summary of comparative neuroanatomy among the invertebrates, by 78 of the worlds top neuroanatomists. How I wish this book had been available while writing my own invertebrate textbooks.The volume by Schmidt- Rhaesa et al. belongs in every invertebrate zoologists library. It will stand the test of time.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Perspective - How to write an Invertebrate Anatomy Book
Porifera
Perspective - Evolution of neural cell types
Cnidaria
Ctenophora
Acoelomorpha
Xenoturbella
Perspective -The first brain
Free living Plathelminthes
Neodermata
Gnathostomulida
Rotifera
Acanthocephala
Gastrotricha
Nemertini
Kamptozoa (Entoprocta)
Mollusca: Caudofoveata, Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Solenogastres
Mollusca: Bivalvia
Mollusca: Gastropoda
Mollusca: Cephalopoda
Annelida: Myzostomida
Annelida: Sipuncula
Annelida: Basal groups and Pleistoannelida
Perspective - Nervous system development in bilaterian larvae - testing the concept of 'primary larvae'
Bryozoa (Ectoprocta)
Brachiopoda
Phoronida
Cycliophora
Cycloneuralia
Tardigrada
Onychophora
Perspective - Heads and Brains in Arthropods: 40 years after the 'endless dispute'
Perspective - Brain Atlases for studying neuronal circuitry in arthropods
Pycnogonida (Pantopoda)
Xiphosura
Scorpiones
Arachnida (exkl. Scorpiones)
Myriapoda
Perspective - Evolution of neurogenesis in arthropods - open questions and future directions
Research Spotlight - Adult neurogenesis in the decapod crustacean brain: The immune system supplies neural progenitors
Cephalocarida
Maxillopoda and Branchiopoda
Remipedia
Malacostraca
Perspective - Evolutionary aspects of motor control and coordination: the central pattern generators in the crustacean stomatogastric and swimmeret systems
Research Spotlight - The brain of Hexapoda
Research Spotlight - Olfactory coding in Drosophila melanogaster
Research Spotlight - Insect polarisation vision: peripheral and central mechanisms
Chaetognatha
Echinodermata
Hemichordata
Tunicata
Acrania
Perspective - The Origin of Vertebrate Neural Organization
