CEPHALOPOD NEUROBIOLOGY C

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List of contents

• List of contributors


• Part I: Squid Axon Structure, Biochemistry, and Transport


• 1: The cytoskeleton of the squid giant axon


• 2: The nervous system of Loligo pealei provides multiple models for analysis of organelle motility


• 3: Cyclic nucleotide homeostasis and axonal G proteins in the squid Loligo forbesi


• 4: The detection and properties of electonic Na+K+ transport in the squid axon membrane


• Part II: Squid Axon Ion Channels


• 5: Resting and active K+ channels in the squid axon membrane


• 6: Studies of the kinetics of the ionic and gating currents in the axons of Loligo forbesi as a guide to modelling of the sodium channel


• 7: An improved voltage clamp for gating current recording from the squid giant axon


• 8: Voltage dependence of sodium channel inactivation in the squid giant axon


• 9: Tetrodotoxin affects sodium gating current in squid axon


• 10: Single-channel properties and gating of Na+ and K+ channels in the squid giant axon


• 11: The effects of internal Ca2+ and Mg2+ on ion channels in the squid giant axon


• 12: Anaesthetics, convulsants, and the squid axon membrane


• 13: Control of the spatial distribution of sodium channels in the squid giant axon and its cell bodies


• Part III: Axon-Schwann Cell Interaction


• 14: Electrophysiology of squid Schwann cells


• 15: The pharmacology of receptors present on squid giant axon Schwann cell


• 16: Periaxonal ion regulation in the squid


• Part IV: Squid Giant Synapse


• 17: Synaptic transmission in the squid stellate ganglion


• 18: Multiple calcium signalling pathways in squid giant presynaptic terminals


• 19: Chemical transmission at the squid giant synapse


• Part V: Neuromuscular Control


• 20: The structure and physiology of cephalopod muscle fibres


• 21: Organization of cephalopod chromatophore systems: a neuromuscular image-generator


• 22: Neurotransmitters of squid chromatophores


• Part VI: Central Nervous System


• 23: Diffusion properties of the microenvironment of cephalopod brain


• 24: Cephalopod brains: promising preparations for brain physiology


• 25: Intracellular recordings from the chromatophore lobes of Octopus


• 26: Multiple matrices in the memory system of Octopus


• 27: A novel occluding junction forms the blood-brain barrier in cephalopod molluscs


• Part VII: Sensory Function


• 29: Squid rhodopsin


• 30: The firefly squid, Watasenia scintillans has three visual pigments


• 31: The statocyst of cephalopods


• 32: Physiology of squid olfaction

Product details

• Authors: ABBOTT
• Assisted by: Abbott N. Joan (Editor), Linda Maddock (Editor), Williamson Roddy (Editor)
• Publisher: Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.1995
• EAN: 9780198547907
• ISBN: 978-0-19-854790-7
• No. of pages: 562
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 1001 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, Neurosciences, Animal Physiology, Marine Biology, Zoology: invertebrates, Freshwater biology, Molluscs