The Neurobiology of C. elegans /

• Other Authors: Aamodt, Eric (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2006.
• Series: International review of neurobiology ; v. 69.
• Subjects: Neurobiology.; Molecular biology.; Caenorhabditis elegans.; Cell differentiation.; MEDICAL > Neuroscience.; PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.; Electronic books.

The Neurobiology of C. elegans assembles together a series of chapters describing the progress researchers have made toward solving some of the major problems in neurobiology with the use of this powerful model organism. The first chapter is an introduction to the anatomy of the C. elegans nervous s...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• ch. 1. Nematode neurons : anatomy and anatomical methods in Caenorhabditis elegans
• ch 2. Investigations of learning and memory in Caenorhabditis elegans
• ch 3. Neural specification and differentiation
• ch 4. Sexual behavior of the Caenorhabditis elegans male
• ch 5. The motor circuit
• ch 6. Mechanosensation in Caenorhabditis elegans
• Index.