Behavior and Its Neural Control in Gastropod Molluscs

Ronald B. Chase (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 0195113144 / ISBN 13: 9780195113143

Editore: Oxford University Press, 2002

Behavior and Its Neural Control in Gastropod Molluscs | Ronald B. Chase (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2002 | Oxford University Press | EAN 9780195113143 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Codice articolo 120656557

Riassunto:

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 mammaliam nervous systems by studying the relatively larger and simpler structure of the gastropod nervous system. Behavior and its Neural Control in Gastropod Molluscs first 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 indentified neural circuits.

Informazioni sull'autore: Ronald Chase is Professor Emeritus at McGill University in Montreal. He received a B.A. degree from Stanford University, dropped out of Harvard Law School, and later earned a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After postdoctoral research in Munich and Seattle, he moved to Montreal in 1971, where he taught neurobiology in the Department of Biology at McGill University. During his research career of 38 years, he published over 80 peer-reviewed articles on snail brains and snail sex. In addition to Behavior and its Neural Control in Gastropod Molluscs, Dr. Chase has written three books about mental illness: The Physical Basis of Mental Illness, Schizophrenia: A Brother Finds Answers in Biological Science and The Making of Modern Psychiatry.

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Titolo: Behavior and Its Neural Control in Gastropod...
Casa editrice: Oxford University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: Buch
Condizione: Neu