Publisher's Synopsis
A consideration of the nervous systems of invertebrates focusing on the simple nervous systems found in free living and parasitic worms and gastropods. The study examines basic principles of behaviour and nervous control, as well as considering the role of ions, receptors and specific neurones.;The first part of the book gives an overview of the diversity of neuroactive molecules and the book then considers examples of conserved primitivity as in the case of elements in the gut epithelium of polychaete worms and the digestive tract epithelium of bivalve molluscs. The following chapters focus on the cellular monoamines found in free living and parasitic worms and the final section of the book considers the use of gastropod models in the elucidation of the role of ions, receptors and specific neurones and in determining the basis of nervous control and behaviour.
