Neurobiology of Invertebrates

ISBN-13: 9781461586203 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 502 str.

J. Salanki

Opis

In September 1967 a Symposium on Neurobiology of Invertebrates was held at Tihany, in the Biological Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sci- ences, coinciding with the 40 years anniversary of this Institute. Its Department of Experimental Zoology, representing the most important basis for researches in Hungary on the nervous system of invertebrates, organized the meeting. The Symposium covered both morphological and functional aspects of inver- tebrate neurobiology from the viewpoints of elementary processes as well of regu- latory mechanisms. The complex approach of identic or similar problems is a generally accepted trend in biological research - this tendency is well reflected in the 34 papers presented by participants of the Symposium coming from different countries of Europe and the United States. The volume contains all but one of the lectures held at the meeting; the paper of A. K. Voskresenskaya included in the Proceedings could not be read because of the tragic death of the author, some weeks before the Symposium. The volume is separated into 4 parts according to the 4 days program, however this division is rather tentative because of over- lappings in the different fields. Discussion following the lectures are also pub- lished in short, however it was impossible to give a full picture in this respect. The Biological Department of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences deserves special gratitude for the financial support of the Symposium.

Spis treści

Opening address.- Introductory Remarks.- Technical problems in the study of neuron networks.- Neuromorphology.- Structural, cytochemical and functional organization of statocysts of Cephalopoda.- Discussion.- Structural and functional peculiarities of the synaptic transmission in insects.- Discussion.- The structure of the sympathetic nervous system of insects.- Discussion.- Histochemical and electron-microscopic studies on the relation between dopamine and dense-core vesicles in the neurons of Anodonta cygnea L..- Discussion.- Submicroscopic organization of fibers of the crab’s leg nerves and distribution of a vital dye (Heliogen Blue SBL) on their ultrastructures.- Fine structural changes induced in photoreceptors by light and prolonged darkness.- Discussion.- Synaptic organization of the lobster optic lamina.- Discussion.- The mode of release of neurosecretory material in the freshwater pulmonate Lymnaea stagnalis L. (Gastropoda).- Discussion.- Autoradiographic examination of the distribution of 35S-cysteine in the special and secretory cells of the optic tentacle and tentacular ganglion of Pulmonata.- Processes on Cellular Level.- Ionic background of activity in giant neurons of Molluscs.- Discussion.- Electrical properties and temporal organization in oscillatory neurons (Aplysia).- Synaptic properties of oscillatoryneurons (Aplysia and Helix).- Discussion.- Certain aspects of the pharmacology of Helix and Hirudo neurons.- Discussion.- The action of cholinomimetics and cholinolytics on the Gastropod neurons.- Discussion.- Pharmacological mapping of cells in the suboesophageal ganglia of Helix aspersa.- Discussion.- Electrical properties and connections of CNS giant nerve cells of Hirudo medicinalis.- On the mechanism of anisotropic excitability for the adductor response of glochidia.- Neurohumors and Enzymes.- Evolution of cholinergic transmission.- Discussion.- New steps in studying the mechanism of cholinergic inhibition.- Discussion.- Cyclic 3?,5?-AMP as a second messenger of excitatory influences on the heart of Helix pomatia.- Discussion.- Influence of 5-HT and ACh on the heart of mussels at different temperatures.- Discussion.- The movements of chemicals in snail neurons.- Discussion.- Amines in molluscan nervous tissue and their subcellular localization.- Discussion.- Integration.- The regulating function of the invertebrate nervous system.- Excitation of the receptor cells of the crustacean PD organ.- Discussion.- Sensitization and the evolution of associative learning.- Discussion.- Learning of isolated ganglia of the mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis.- Discussion.- The left and right giant neurons (LGC and RGC) of Aplysia.- Discussion.- Correlation of behavior with the activity of single identifiable neurons in the brain of Tritonia.- Discussion.- Behavioral and neurophysiological investigations of Limulus polyphemus.- Afferent mechanisms of the maintenance of flight in locusts.- Discussion.- Contribution to the study of the function of the nervous system in Nematoda.- Role of cerebral ganglia in the regulation of activity in freshwater mussel (Anodonta cygnea L.).- Discussion.