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