Behavior and Its Neural Control in Gastropod Molluscs [Hardcover]

During the past quarter century, there has been a tremendous expansion in our knowledge about gastropods, their behavior and their neurobiology. We can understand a great deal about mammalian nervous systems by studying the relatively larger and simpler structure of the gastropod nervous system.Behavior and Its Neural Control in Gastropod Molluscsfirst reviews the broader aspects of molluscan biology and draws attention to the special features of the gastropod nervous system. The book then examines different types of behavior, reviewing progress in understanding the mechanisms of neural control, and emphasizing cases in which control can be attributed to identified neurons and identified neural circuits.

Preface
1. The Gastropods
2. The Central Nervous System
3. Sensory Systems
4. Muscles and the Peripheral Nervous System
5. Regulation of the Internal Environment
6. Locomotion
7. Feeding
8. Reproduction
9. Defense
10. The Temporal Organization of Behavior
References
Taxonomic Index
Neuron Index
Subject Index

Surprisingly, there has been no comprehensive review of gastorpod neurbiology since 1986, so this book fills a serious gap and makes accessible a scattered literature from around the world...[The author's] interests focus on the significance of identifiable neurons and neural circuits and the plasticity of their synapses as it relates to learning and memory...his review of the cellular discoveries arising from four decades of gastropod neuroethology should be required reading for any beginning molecular biologists with an interest in neurons. --Bulletin, Canadian Society ofZoologists

...the book is interesting to read, shows remarkable scholarship, and is certainly a 'must-have' for a wide array of biologists with even a passing interest in mollusks, whether they be zoologists, behavioral ecologists, or neurobiologists. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology