An Introduction to Nervous Systems - Hardcover

Greenspan, Ralph J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879697571 ISBN 13: 9780879697570

Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2007

Synopsis

An Introduction to Nervous Systems presents the principles of neurobiology from an evolutionary perspective―from single–celled organisms to complex invertebrates such as flies―and is ideal for use as a supplemental textbook. Greenspan describes the mechanisms that allow behavior to become ever more sophisticated―from simple avoidance behavior of Paramecium through to the complex cognitive behaviors of the honeybee―and shows how these mechanisms produce the increasing neural complexity found in these organisms. The book ends with a discussion of what is universal about nervous systems and what may be required, neurobiologically, to be human. This novel and highly readable presentation of fundamental principles of neurobiology is designed to be accessible to undergraduate and graduate students not already steeped in the subject.

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About the Author

Ralph Greenspan is based at the Neuroscience Institute in San Diego. He has studied the genetic foundations of many behaviours in Drosophila, and has analyzed naturally occurring genetic variations in its behaviour.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879697571
• ISBN 13: 9780879697570
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 172