The Crustacean Synapse Scene at the End of the Millennium
Invertebrate nervous systems and neuromuscular systems have provided some of the best material for experimental analysis of fundamental processes of neural conduction and synaptic transmission. Important examples are easily found. The mechanism of the ner
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Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Konrad Wiese (Ed.)
Crustacean Experimental Systems in Neurobiology
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PROFESSOR DR. KONRAD WIESE
Institute of Zoology and Museum Neurophysiology University of Hamburg Martin-Luther-King Platz 3 20146 Hamburg Germany
ISBN 978-3-642-62860-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Crustacean experimental systems in neurobiology 1 Konrad Wiese (ed.). p.cm. Includes bibliograhical references. ISBN 978-3-642-62860-3 ISBN 978-3-642-56092-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-56092-7
1. Crustacea-Nervous system. 2. Comparative neurobiology. 1. Wiese, Konrad.
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Preface
This book represents Part 2 of a venture started by distinguished neuroscientists to visualize and advertise the experimentally advantageous preparations of the crustacean nervous system. The advantage is a combination of ease of dissection of key structures and the possibility of repeatedly accessing identified individual cells to measure the detailed response of the system to the experimentally imposed stimulus program. Of course, the neurosciences have to focus their research on the nervous system of mammals and man in order to understand the principles of function and their regulation if malfunctions occur. This is in line with efforts to investigate nervous systems throughout the animal kingdom. The specific potential of the encountered systems for exploratory research into hitherto unexplained functions of the brain may very well be a key to new insights. The simply organized nervous system of crustaceans performs tasks of vital importance imposed on the organism
