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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strausfeld, Nicholas James, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Arthropoda > Nervous system.
Arthropoda > Nervous system > Research > History.
Brain > Evolution.
Brain > Evolution > Research > History.
Table of Contents:
  • The polymath of Rennes
  • Discoveries and losses
  • Ramón y Cajal's hunting case watch
  • Beneath the faceted eye
  • In the air and under the water : the olfactory brain
  • The mushroom body enigma
  • The brain within the brain
  • Eight legs and more : chelicerates, myriapods, and some distant relatives
  • Reiterations, appendages, and the ancient brain
  • Philosophical anatomy, Swedish pioneers, and neuronal systematics
  • Convergence or common descent?
  • The origin of insects.