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The Nervous Systems of Invertebrates: An Evolutionary and Comparative Approach

With a Coda written by T.H. Bullock

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Editors:
  1. O. Breidbach

    1. Fakultät und Institut für Mathematik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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  2. W. Kutsch

    1. Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

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Part of the book series: Experientia Supplementum (EXS, volume 72)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introductory remarks

    1. Introductory remarks

      • O. Breidbach, W. Kutsch
      Pages 1-6

  3. Coelenterata

    1. The nervous systems of Cnidarians

      • C. J. P. Grimmelikhuijzen, J. A. Westfall
      Pages 7-24

  4. Platyhelminthes

    1. The flatworm nervous system: Pattern and phylogeny

      • M. Reuter, M. K. S. Gustafsson
      Pages 25-59

  6. Annelida

    1. Genesis of segmental identity in the leech nervous system

      • G. O. Aisemberg, V. Y. Wong, E. R. Macagno
      Pages 77-87

  7. Mollusca

    1. Comparative aspects of gastropod neurobiology

      • A. G. M. Bulloch, R. L. Ridgway
      Pages 89-113

    2. The cephalopod nervous system: What evolution has made of the molluscan design

      • B. U. Budelmann
      Pages 115-138

  9. Arthropoda

    1. Chelicerata

      1. Comparative aspects of the chelicerate nervous systems
        • R. Wegerhoff, O. Breidbach
        Pages 159-179

    3. The arthropod brain

      1. Ground plans, evolutionary changes and homologies in decapod crustacean brains
        • D. Sandeman, G. Scholtz
        Pages 329-347
      2. The arthropod mushroom body: Its functional roles, evolutionary enigmas and mistaken identities
        • N. J. Strausfeld, E. K. Buschbeck, R. S. Gomez
        Pages 349-381
      3. Is the evolution of arthropod brains convergent?
        • O. Breidbach
        Pages 383-406

  11. Methodological comment

    1. The homology concept — still alive

      • M. Schmitt
      Pages 425-438
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About this book

In this volume outstanding specialists review the state of the art in nervous system research for all main invertebrate groups. They provide a comprehensive up-to-date analysis important for everyone working on neuronal aspects of single groups, as well as taking into account the phylogenesis of invertebrates. The articles report on recently gained knowledge about diversification in the invertebrate nervous systems, and demonstrate the analytical power of a comparative approach. Novel techniques in molecular and developmental biology are creating new perspectives that point toward a theoretical foundation for a modern organismic biology. The comparative approach, as documented here, will engage the interest of anyone challenged by the problem of structural diversification in biology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fakultät und Institut für Mathematik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    O. Breidbach

  • Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

    W. Kutsch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Nervous Systems of Invertebrates: An Evolutionary and Comparative Approach

  • Book Subtitle: With a Coda written by T.H. Bullock

  • Editors: O. Breidbach, W. Kutsch

  • Series Title: Experientia Supplementum

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9219-3

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Verlag 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-5076-5Published: 20 December 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9949-9Published: 27 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-9219-3Published: 07 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1664-431X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3692

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 456

  • Topics: Invertebrates, Biomedicine general

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