Arthropod brains : evolution, functional elegance, and historical significance /

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Author / Creator:Strausfeld, Nicholas James, 1942-
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012 [i.e. 2011], c2012.
Description:xvi, 830 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Arthropoda -- Nervous system.
Arthropoda -- Nervous system -- Research -- History.
Brain -- Evolution.
Brain -- Evolution -- Research -- History.
Arthropoda -- Nervous system.
Brain -- Evolution.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8681105
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Other authors / contributors:Strausfeld, Nicholas James, 1942-
ISBN:9780674046337 (alk. paper)
0674046331 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [607]-790) and index.
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Arthropods are known to show elaborate behaviors, which are produced and/or controlled by versatile brains. Here, Strausfeld (Univ. of Arizona), a leading researcher in arthropod neurobiology, has effectively pulled together, with anatomical observations, information on molecular biology, neuroethology, cladistics, and even the fossil record. His goal is to comprehensively explain how arthropod brains are able to process sensory information to produce the behaviors they exhibit. Strausfeld also provides a brief history of pioneers in his field. Beautiful and excellent illustrations accompany all of this content. Summary diagrams of current knowledge furnish information that is easily understandable by those unacquainted with arthropods' nervous systems and most particularly their brains. This excellent treatise is not only pedagogic but also artistic and elegant. The only drawback is that even though the references are provided in the notes for each chapter, the lack of an alphabetized bibliography makes it complicated and confusing to look for and locate any particular author's cited publication. Nonetheless, this book will be a valuable resource for anyone even slightly interested in the neurobiology of arthropods. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals; general readers. J. M. Gonzalez Texas A&M University

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