Ulrich Bässler

Neural Basis of Elementary Behavior in Stick Insects

Übersetzung: Strausfeld, Camilla Mok Zack

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Produktbeschreibung

This monograph represents the current status of neuro ethological research on the diurnal behavior of the stick in sect, Carausius morosus. The growing profusion of inter related studies, many of which are published only in German, makes an overview of this field increasingly difficult. Many stick insect results contribute to general problems like con trol of catalepsy, control of walking, program-dependent reactions and control of joint position. For this reason I decided to compile and synthesize the results that are pre sently available even though the analyses are far from con cluded. In addition to both published and unpublished results of the group in Kaiserslautern (Bassler, Cruse, Ebner, Graham, Pfluger, Storrer, as well as doctoral and masters students), I have drawn upon the literature which had ap peared as of summer 1981. This includes above all the work of Godden and of Wendler and his colleagues in Cologne. A summary of the anatomical and physiological background, necessary for an understanding of these investigations, is provided in an appendix (Chap. 6). Methodological details must be obtained from the original publications. Figures for which no source is given are from my own studies. I intend to update this monograph on an annual basis. Requests for these supplements should be directed to me in Kaiserslautern. I would like to express my appreciation to all members of the group in Kaiserslautern for their constructive discussions, their unflagging cooperation, and their permission to include hitherto unpublished results.

Produktdetails

• Studies of Brain Function .10
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-68815-7
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 335g
• ISBN-13: 9783642688157
• ISBN-10: 3642688152
• Artikelnr.: 36117708

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Statement of the Problem.- 1.2 The Experimental Animal and Its Behavior.- 1.3 Experimental Strategy.- 2 Behavioral Components of Twig Mimesis - Experiments on the Femur-Tibia Joint.- 2.1 Twig Mimesis and Its Components.- 2.2 Control of the State of Activity.- 2.3 Thanatosis.- 2.4 Catalepsy (Flexibilitas Cerea).- 2.5 Rocking.- 2.6 The Femur-Tibia Control Loop.- 2.7 Evolution of Catalepsy and Rocking.- 2.8 Neural Basis of the Femur-Tibia Control Loop.- 2.9 Significance of Systems Theory (Cybernetic) Methods for the Strategy Used Here.- 2.10 Arousal.- 3 Other Behaviors of the Stationary Animal.- 3.1 Claw Flexing.- 3.2 Active Movements of the Femur-Tibia Joint in Restrained Animals.- 3.3 Control of the Coxa-Trochanter Joint.- 3.4 Control of the Subcoxal Joint.- 3.5 Leg Raising by the Standing Animal.- 3.6 Height Control by a Standing Animal.- 4 Walking.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Control of a Single Leg.- 4.3 Interactions Between Legs that Do Not.- Influence Timing.- 4.4 Coordination.- 4.5 Walking Backwards.- 5 Orientation.- 5.1 Gravity Orientation.- 5.2 Light Orientation.- 5.3 Idiothetic Orientation.- 6 Anatomy of the Muscles, Nerves, and Sense Organs of the Carausius Thorax.- 6.1 Anatomy of the Thorax and the Legs.- 6.2 Anatomy and Physiology of the Sense Organs of the Legs.- 6.3 Motor Innervation of the Leg Muscles.- References.