Cephalopod Neurobiology

• List of contributors ; PART I: SQUID AXON STRUCTURE, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND TRANSPORT ; 1. The cytoskeleton of the squid giant axon ; 2. The nervous system of Loligo pealei provides multiple models for analysis of organelle motility ; 3. Cyclic nucleotide homeostasis and axonal G proteins in the squid Loligo forbesi ; 4. The detection and properties of electonic Na+K+ transport in the squid axon membrane ; PART II: SQUID AXON ION CHANNELS ; 5. Resting and active K+ channels in the squid axon membrane ; 6. Studies of the kinetics of the ionic and gating currents in the axons of Loligo forbesi as a guide to modelling of the sodium channel ; 7. An improved voltage clamp for gating current recording from the squid giant axon ; 8. Voltage dependence of sodium channel inactivation in the squid giant axon ; 9. Tetrodotoxin affects sodium gating current in squid axon ; 10. Single-channel properties and gating of Na+ and K+ channels in the squid giant axon ; 11. The effects of internal Ca2+ and Mg2+ on ion channels in the squid giant axon ; 12. Anaesthetics, convulsants, and the squid axon membrane ; 13. Control of the spatial distribution of sodium channels in the squid giant axon and its cell bodies ; PART III: AXON-SCHWANN CELL INTERACTION ; 14. Electrophysiology of squid Schwann cells ; 15. The pharmacology of receptors present on squid giant axon Schwann cell ; 16. Periaxonal ion regulation in the squid ; PART IV: SQUID GIANT SYNAPSE ; 17. Synaptic transmission in the squid stellate ganglion ; 18. Multiple calcium signalling pathways in squid giant presynaptic terminals ; 19. Chemical transmission at the squid giant synapse ; PART V: NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL ; 20. The structure and physiology of cephalopod muscle fibres ; 21. Organization of cephalopod chromatophore systems: a neuromuscular image-generator ; 22. Neurotransmitters of squid chromatophores ; PART VI: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ; 23. Diffusion properties of the microenvironment of cephalopod brain ; 24. Cephalopod brains: promising preparations for brain physiology ; 25. Intracellular recordings from the chromatophore lobes of Octopus ; 26. Multiple matrices in the memory system of Octopus ; 27. A novel occluding junction forms the blood-brain barrier in cephalopod molluscs ; PART VII: SENSORY FUNCTION ; 29. Squid rhodopsin ; 30. The firefly squid, Watasenia scintillans has three visual pigments ; 31. The statocyst of cephalopods ; 32. Physiology of squid olfaction

The first four parts of the book, which concern the structure of the squid axon, ion channels, axon-Schwann cell interaction, and the giant synapse of the squid, present in a clear and concise form practically everything that has been done in the field. The volume as a whole will be very useful to newcomers to the neurobiology of cephalopods.