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Model Neural Networks and Behavior

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Allen I. Selverston

    1. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Neural Circuitry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Tritonia Swimming

      • Peter A. Getting, Michael S. Dekin
      Pages 3-20

    3. Neural Networks Controlling Locomotion in Locusts

      • R. Meldrum Robertson, Keir G. Pearson
      Pages 21-35

    4. Neural Mechanisms for the Production of the Lobster Pyloric Motor Pattern

      • John P. Miller, Allen I. Selverston
      Pages 37-48

    5. Extrinsic Inputs and Flexibility in the Motor Output of the Lobster Pyloric Neural Network

      • Maurice Moulins, Frédéric Nagy
      Pages 49-68

    6. Modulation of Central and Peripheral Rhythmicity in the Heartbeat System of the Leech

      • Ronald L. Calabrese, Edmund A. Arbas
      Pages 69-85

    7. Neural Network Analysis in the Snail Brain

      • Paul R. Benjamin, Christopher J. H. Elliott, Graham P. Ferguson
      Pages 87-108

    8. Nonspiking and Spiking Local Interneurons in the Locust

      • Malcolm Burrows
      Pages 109-125

  3. Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Metamorphosis of the Insect Nervous System

      • John G. Hildebrand
      Pages 129-148

    3. The First Neuronal Growth Cones in Insect Embryos

      • Michael J. Bastiani, Sascha du Lac, Corey S. Goodman
      Pages 149-174

    4. The Development of Serotonin-containing Neurons in the Leech

      • David A. Weisblat, William B. Kristan Jr.
      Pages 175-190

    5. Dynamic Regulators of Neuronal Form and Connectivity in the Adult Snail Helisoma

      • S. B. Kater
      Pages 191-209

  4. Learning and Plasticity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Cellular Studies of an Associative Mechanism for Classical Conditioning in Aplysia

      • Thomas W. Abrams
      Pages 213-235

    3. The Logic of Limax Learning

      • Alan Gelperin, J. J. Hopfield, D. W. Tank
      Pages 237-261

    4. Neural Mechanisms of Behavioral Plasticity in an Invertebrate Model System

      • W. Jackson Davis
      Pages 263-282

  5. Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-283
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    2. Neuropeptides and the Control of Egg-laying Behavior in Aplysia

      • Earl Mayeri, Barry S. Rothman
      Pages 285-301
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The most conspicuous function of the nervous system is to control animal behav­ ior. From the complex operations of learning and mentation to the molecular con­ figuration of ionic channels, the nervous system serves as the interface between an animal and its environment. To study and understand the fundamental mecha­ nisms underlying the control of behavior, it is often both necessary and desirable to employ biological systems with characteristics especially suitable for answering specific questions. In neurobiology, many invertebrates have become established as model systems for investigations at both the systems and the cellular level. Large, readily identifiable neurons have made invertebrates especially useful for cellular studies. The fact that these neurons occur in much smaller numbers than those in higher animals also makes them important for circuit analysis. Although important differences exist, some of the questions that would be tech­ nically impossible to answer with vertebrates can become experimentally tractable with invertebrates.

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  • University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    Allen I. Selverston

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