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Membrane Potential and Behavior Proposal of a Model System

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Aneural Organisms in Neurobiology

Part of the book series: Advances in Behavioral Biology ((ABBI,volume 13))

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Behavior has become one of the major interests of biology today. As it relates to the mechanisms of the human brain, behavior has been considered the ultimate challenge of man’s intellect. The search for the mechanisms of behavior has in the past been focused on the vertebrate nervous system. As the result of the degree of understanding that has been achieved through the study of invertebrate organisms, there is a renewed interest in simple nervous systems as the starting point of such a search. We are truly still at the beginning. We have not achieved an understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of behavior for any animal.

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  1. Victor Kai-Hwa Chen

    Present address: Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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  1. Department of Biophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

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    Edward M. Eisenstein

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Chen, V.KH. (1975). Membrane Potential and Behavior Proposal of a Model System. In: Eisenstein, E.M. (eds) Aneural Organisms in Neurobiology. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4473-5_6

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