The Nervous Systems of Invertebrates: An Evolutionary and Comparative Approach

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

5. Nematoda

   1. Repeating patterns of motoneurons in nematodes: The origin of segmentation?

      • W. W. Walthall

      Pages 61-75

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

8. Onychophora

   1. Common and special features of the nervous system of Onychophora: A comparison with Arthropoda, Annelida and some other invertebrates

      • F. W. Schürmann

      Pages 139-158

9. Arthropoda

   1. Chelicerata

      1. Comparative aspects of the chelicerate nervous systems

         • R. Wegerhoff, O. Breidbach

         Pages 159-179

   2. Mandibulata

      1. Conservation <i>versus</i> change in early axonogenesis in arthropod embryos: A comparison between myriapods, crustaceans and insects

         • P. M. Whitington

         Pages 181-219

      2. Homologous structures, exemplified by motoneurones of Mandibulata

         • W. Kutsch, R. Heckmann

         Pages 221-248

      3. Developmental mechanisms, homology and evolution of the insect peripheral nervous system

         • T. Meier, H. Reichert

         Pages 249-271

      4. Lineage analysis as an analytical tool in the insect central nervous system: Bringing order to interneurons

         • G. S. Boyan, J. L. D. Williams

         Pages 273-301

      5. Comparative aspects of peptidergic signaling pathways in the nervous systems of arthropods

         • H.-J. Agricola, P. Bräunig

         Pages 303-327

   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

10. Echinodermata

    1. The nervous systems of Echinodermata: Recent results and new approaches

       • J. L. S. Cobb

       Pages 407-424

11. Methodological comment

    1. The homology concept — still alive

       • M. Schmitt

       Pages 425-438

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.

• anatomy
• arthropods
• biology
• development
• developmental biology
• evolution
• insects
• invertebrates
• nervous system
• neurobiology
• neurosciences
• peptides
• phylogeny
• systematics
• Model invertebrates

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

  O. Breidbach

• Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

  W. Kutsch

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