Peter Simmons

Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An extensively revised third edition of this introduction to neuroethology - the neuronal basis of animal behaviour - for zoology, biology and psychology undergraduate students. The book focuses on the roles of individual nerve cells in behaviour, from simple startle responses to complex behaviours such as route learning by rats and singing by crickets and birds. It begins by examining the relationship between brains and behaviour, and showing how study of specialised behaviours reveals neuronal mechanisms that control behaviour. Information processing by nerve cells is introduced using specific examples, and the establishing roles of neurons in behaviour is described for a predator-prey interaction, toads versus cockroaches. New material includes: vision by insects, which describes sensory filtering; hunting by owls and bats, which describes sensory maps; and rhythmical movements including swimming and flying, which describes how sequences of movements are generated. Includes stunning photographs which capture the detail of the behaviour.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139793636
• Artikelnr.: 52892310

Autorenporträt

Peter Simmons regularly publishes research on insect neurobiology, especially on the ocellar and compound eye visual systems and their role in controlling flight, and on the physiology of synaptic transmission. He is currently Director of the Zoology Degree at Newcastle.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Organisation of animal behaviour and of brains
feeding in star
nose moles and courtship in fruit flies; 2. Signals in nerve cells
reflexes in mammals and insects; 3. Neuronal mechanisms for releasing behaviour
predator and prey: toad and cockroach; 4. Neuronal pathways for behaviour
startle behaviours and giant neurons in crayfish and fish; 5. Eyes and vision
sensory filtering and course control in insects; 6. Sensory maps
hunting by owls and bats; 7. Programmes for movement
how nervous systems generate and control rhythmic movements; 8. Changes in nerve cells and behaviour
learning in bees and rats; swarming in locusts; 9. Nerve cells and animal signalling
songs of crickets, electric fish and birds.