The Nervous Systems of Invertebrates: An Evolutionary and Comparative Approach
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 a
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The Nervous Systems of Invertebrates: An Evolutionary and Comparative Approach With a Coda written by T.H. Bullock
Edited by O. Breidbach W. Kutsch
Birkhauser Verlag Basel . Boston . Berlin
Editors PD Dr. Dr. O. Breidbach Fakultiit und Institut fUr Mathematik Ruhr-Universitiit Bochum Universitiitsstr. 150, NA 5-26 D-44801 Bochum Germany
Prof. Dr. W. Kutsch Fakultiit fUr Biologie Universitiit Konstanz Universitiitsstr. 10 D-78464 Konstanz Germany
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The nervous systems of invertebrates : an evolutionary and comparative approach / with a coda written by T. H. Bullock; edited by O. Breidbach, W. Kutsch. p. cm. - (EXS ; 72) Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Invertebrates-Nervous system. I. Breidbach, Olaf. II. Kutsch, Wolfram, 1941. III. Series. QL364.N46 1995 596'.0188-dc20
94-35125 CIP
Deutsche Bibliothek Cataloging-in-Publication Data The nervous systems of invertebrates : an evolutionary and comparative approach / with a coda written by T. H. Bullock. Ed. by O. Breidbach ; W. Kutsch. -Basel; Boston; Berlin: Birkhiiuser, 1995. (Experientia : Supplementum ; 72) NE: Breidbach, Olaf [Hrsg.)
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© 1995 Birkhiiuser Verlag, PO Box 133, CH-4010 Basel, Switzerland Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1995 Printed on acid-free paper produced from chlorine-free pulp ISBN-13: 978-3-0348-9949-9 001: 10.1007/978-3-0348-9219-3 987654321
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Contents Introductory remarks ..................................... . Coelenterata C.1.P. Grimmelikhuijzen and I.A. Westfall The nervous systems of Cnidarians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Platy helminthes M. Reuter and M.K.S. Gustafsson The flatworm nervous system: Pattern and phylogeny. . . . . . . . . .
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Nematoda
w. W. Walthall Repeating patterns of motoneurons in nematodes: The origin of segmentation? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Annelida G.O. Aisemberg, V. Y. Wong and E.R. Macagno Genesis of segmental identity in the leech nervous system . . . . . .
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Mollusca A.G.M. Bulloch and R.L. Ridgway Comparative aspects of gastropod neurobiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B. U. Budelmann The c
