© 2007 • 665 pp., illus., index
Hardcover • $135 $67.50 • ISBN  978-087969819-5
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This monograph captures the current excitement in invertebrate neurobiology, from the manipulation of activity in specified neurons to the investigation of behavior. The monograph emphasizes the evolutionary aspects of neurobiology and work on non-model species. The chapters, from internationally respected contributors, incorporate trenchant findings but also identify important outstanding questions. The volume will inspire graduate students and post-docs, and provide a good starting point for any scientist who wants to learn about this resurgent field.

To read Geoffrey North's Foreword, click here.

  “[T]he book will be a useful source of information for researchers, as well as for teachers in preparing advanced level lectures. I recommend that every Neuroscientist ensures they have access to it.”
      —The Journal of Experimental Biology

  “This book succeeds overall in confirming that invertebrate brains still have much to contribute and that there is a wealth of wonderful material that could be pulled together to inform a new level of understanding of brain function.”
      —The Quarterly Review of Biology

Foreword

Geoffrey North

1. Searching for Insight: Using Invertebrate Nervous Systems to Illuminate Fundamental Principles in Neuroscience

Eve Marder

Emerging Techniques

2. Circuit-breaking and Behavioral Analysis by Molecular Genetic Manipulation of Neural Activity in Drosophila

Todd C. Holmes, Vasu Sheeba, Doˇgukan Mizrak, Bálint Rubovszky, and David Dahdal

3. Electrophysiology and Optophysiology of Complex Brain Functions in Insects.

Randolf Menzel

Sensory Systems

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 Polarisation Vision in Arthropods

Eric Warrant, Almut 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

Motor Systems

9. The Neuromechanics of Fly Flight Control

Mark A. Frye

10. Insect Walking: From Reduced Preparations to Natural Terrain

Roy E. Ritzmann and Ansgar Büschges

11. Invertebrate Central Pattern Generators

Paul S. Katz and Scott L. Hooper

Learning and Memory

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

Behavior and Neuroethology Models

15. Going Wild: Towards an Ecology of Visual Information Processing

Jochen Zeil, Norbert Boeddecker, Jan M. Hemmi, and Wolfgang Stürzl

16. Elements of Courtship Behavior in Drosophila

Jean-Francois Ferveur

17. Foraging in Flies and Worms

Mario de Bono and Marla 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

Evolution

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