This book encourages readers to view similarities and differences in various species as fundamental to a comprehensive understanding of nervous systems.
This book encourages readers to view similarities and differences in various species as fundamental to a comprehensive understanding of nervous systems.
Georg F. Striedter is Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Neurobiology: A Functional Approach (2015) and Principles of Brain Evolution (2004). R. Glenn Northcutt is Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Unviersity of California, San Diego.
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* Chapter 1 Reconstructing History: Aims and Methodology * 1.1 Comparative Approaches Outside of Biology * 1.2 The Comparative Method in Biology * 1.3 Comparative Approaches in Neurobiology * 1.4 The Importance of Natural History * Chapter 2 The origin of vertebrates: invertebrate chordates and cyclostomes * 2.1 The Origins of Neurons and Nervous Systems * 2.2 Basal Vertebrates and their Closest Invertebrate Relatives * 2.3 The Paleoecology of Early Chordates * 2.4 The Major Sense Organs of Early Vertebrates * 2.5 Movements and Motor Control * 2.6 Early Vertebrate Brains * 2.7 Developmental Mechanisms for Evolving a "New Head" * 2.8 The Question of Novelty in Evolution * Chapter 3 The origin of jaws and paired fins: the age of fishes * 3.1 Extant Jawed Fishes and Their Brains * 3.2 The Paleoecology of Early Gnathostomes * 3.3 The Sense Organs of Early Gnathostomes * 3.4 Gnathostome Movements and Motor Control * 3.5 The Brains of Early Jawed Fishes * 3.6 Evolutionary Changes in Telencephalic Connections * 3.7 Functional Synthesis * Chapter 4 The Invasion of Land: Lobe finned Fishes and Amphibians * 4.1 The Lobe finned Vertebrates * 4.2 Challenges and Opportunities on Land * 4.3 Sense Organs for Use on Land * 4.4 Movement On Land * 4.5 The Brains of Early Tetrapods * 4.6 Functional Organization of Early Tetrapod Brains * Chapter 5 The Conquest of Land: Amniote Origins and the Age of Reptiles * 5.1 Early Amniotes and Extant Sauropsids * 5.2 Ecological Challenges for Early Amniotes * 5.3 Enhanced Sense Organs * 5.4 Changes in Motor Patterns and Control * 5.5 Changes in the Brains of Sauropsids * 5.6 Novel Forebrain Circuits and Functions * Chapter 6 The rise of endothermy: Mammals, but also birds * 6.1 Extant Mammals * 6.2 Stem Mammals * 6.3 Synapsid Brain body Scaling * 6.4 Paleoecology, Physiology, and Behavior * 6.5 Modified Sensory Abilities * 6.6 Breathing, Chewing and Moving Around * 6.7 Brain Enlargement and Reorganization * Chapter 7 Synthesis: Patterns and Principles * 7.1 Major Transitions in Vertebrate Phylogeny * 7.2 General Patterns of Evolutionary Change * 7.3 Trends in the Evolution of Brain Size * 7.4 The Evolution of Brain Region Size * 7.5 Changes in the Basic Plan of Vertebrate Brains * 7.6 Conclusion: Natural History through Time * Appendix * Index
* Chapter 1 Reconstructing History: Aims and Methodology * 1.1 Comparative Approaches Outside of Biology * 1.2 The Comparative Method in Biology * 1.3 Comparative Approaches in Neurobiology * 1.4 The Importance of Natural History * Chapter 2 The origin of vertebrates: invertebrate chordates and cyclostomes * 2.1 The Origins of Neurons and Nervous Systems * 2.2 Basal Vertebrates and their Closest Invertebrate Relatives * 2.3 The Paleoecology of Early Chordates * 2.4 The Major Sense Organs of Early Vertebrates * 2.5 Movements and Motor Control * 2.6 Early Vertebrate Brains * 2.7 Developmental Mechanisms for Evolving a "New Head" * 2.8 The Question of Novelty in Evolution * Chapter 3 The origin of jaws and paired fins: the age of fishes * 3.1 Extant Jawed Fishes and Their Brains * 3.2 The Paleoecology of Early Gnathostomes * 3.3 The Sense Organs of Early Gnathostomes * 3.4 Gnathostome Movements and Motor Control * 3.5 The Brains of Early Jawed Fishes * 3.6 Evolutionary Changes in Telencephalic Connections * 3.7 Functional Synthesis * Chapter 4 The Invasion of Land: Lobe finned Fishes and Amphibians * 4.1 The Lobe finned Vertebrates * 4.2 Challenges and Opportunities on Land * 4.3 Sense Organs for Use on Land * 4.4 Movement On Land * 4.5 The Brains of Early Tetrapods * 4.6 Functional Organization of Early Tetrapod Brains * Chapter 5 The Conquest of Land: Amniote Origins and the Age of Reptiles * 5.1 Early Amniotes and Extant Sauropsids * 5.2 Ecological Challenges for Early Amniotes * 5.3 Enhanced Sense Organs * 5.4 Changes in Motor Patterns and Control * 5.5 Changes in the Brains of Sauropsids * 5.6 Novel Forebrain Circuits and Functions * Chapter 6 The rise of endothermy: Mammals, but also birds * 6.1 Extant Mammals * 6.2 Stem Mammals * 6.3 Synapsid Brain body Scaling * 6.4 Paleoecology, Physiology, and Behavior * 6.5 Modified Sensory Abilities * 6.6 Breathing, Chewing and Moving Around * 6.7 Brain Enlargement and Reorganization * Chapter 7 Synthesis: Patterns and Principles * 7.1 Major Transitions in Vertebrate Phylogeny * 7.2 General Patterns of Evolutionary Change * 7.3 Trends in the Evolution of Brain Size * 7.4 The Evolution of Brain Region Size * 7.5 Changes in the Basic Plan of Vertebrate Brains * 7.6 Conclusion: Natural History through Time * Appendix * Index
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