Advances in insect physiology / edited by S.J. Simpson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simpson, S. J.

Series:

Advances in insect physiology ; 32.

Advances in insect physiology ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insects--Physiology.

Insects.

Arthropoda--Physiology.

Arthropoda.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Academic Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advances in Insect Physiology publishes eclectic volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect biochemists. First published in 1963, the serial is now edited by Steve Simpson (Oxford University, UK).

Contents:

Cover; Advances in Insect Physiology; Contents; Contributors; Insect Immunity: An Evolutionary Ecology Perspective; Introduction; Defence via behaviour; The insect immune system - boundary defence; The Cuticle; The Integumental Epithelium; Sensilla; The Digestive System; The Spiracles and Respiratory System; Reproductive Tract; The insect immune system - haemocoelic defence; Clotting and Wound Closure; Self/Non-Self Recognition; Signal Transduction; Effector Systems - Enzyme Cascades and Cytotoxins; Phenoloxidase; Nitric oxide; Reactive oxygen species

Effector Systems - Antimicrobial PeptidesEffector Systems - Haemocytes; Ecological immunology and variation in immune defence; Life History Theory and The Costs of Immune Defence; Evolutionary cost of immune defence; Physiological cost of immune defence; Specific Relationships Between Hosts and Parasites; Outlook; Memory in Insect Immunity?; High Specificity, Few Receptors; Multiple Infections; Plasticity of Immune Function; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Antennal Movements and Mechanoreception: Neurobiology of Active Tactile Sensors; Introduction; The antennal motor system

Morphological Types and Model SystemsInsect model systems; The segmented antennae of the Entognatha; The annulated antennae of higher insects; Crustacean model systems; Biomechanical and Kinematic Considerations; Kinematics, workspace and tactile acuity; Biomechanics of the flagellum; Static properties; Dynamic properties; Efferent Innervation of the Antenna; Muscle innervation in insects; Muscle innervation in crustacea; Physiology of Antennal Motoneurons and Muscles in Insects; Excitatory innervation; Inhibitory and modulatory innervation; Sensory physiology of antennal mechanoreceptors

Sensory Structures and TransductionMechanosensory hairs; Tactile hairs; Contact-chemosensory hairs; Campaniform sensilla; Chordotonal organs; Strand receptors; Mechanoreceptors of the crustacean antenna; Distribution of Mechanoreceptors; Hair plates; Campaniform sensilla; Chordotonal organs; Chordotonal organs of the scape; Ordinary chordotonal organs of the pedicel; Johnston's organ; Chordotonal organs in crustacea; Sensory hairs; Distribution along the flagellum; Considerations about functional significance; Physiology of Antennal Mechanosensory Neurons

Neuroanatomy of antennal mechanosensory and motor pathwaysMechanosensory Neuropils; Insects; Crustacea; Connections to other Parts of the CNS; Connections with motoneurons; Connections with local brain neurons; Antennal lobe (AL); Other brain regions; Connections to ascending and descending neurons; Immunocytochemistry; Antennal mechanoreceptors; Acetylcholine; Serotonin; Nitric oxide; Taurine; Antennal motoneurons and muscles; Glutamate; Gamma-aminobutyric acid; Proctolin; Other immunohistochemical results; Immunohistochemistry summary; Antennal Motoneurons in Insects; General organisation

Are antennal motoneurons ''identified neurons''?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-63034-5

9786610630349

0-08-045609-X

OCLC:

476000558