Invertebrate Learning and Memory

Only volume on the market tying invertebrate findings to mammalian behavioral research

Randolf Menzel (Edited by), Paul Benjamin (Edited by)

9780124158238

Hardback, published 25 June 2013

600 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 3.3 cm, 1.89 kg

"The small number of neurons possessed by most invertebrates make them convenient models for extrapolating about neurological function in more complex animals. Editors Menzel… and Benjamin present this volume on the processes of learning and memory in these simple organisms. The book is divided into three general sections outlining concepts of cognition and its biological basis, experimental methodology, and the largest section of results from model systems including nematodes, mollusks, crustaceans, and insects." --Reference & Research Book News, December 2013

Approx.586 pages

1. Beyond the Cellular Alphabet of Learning and Memory in Invertebrates
2. Action Selection
3. Cognitive Components of Insect Behavior
4. Exploring Brain Connectivity in Insect Model Systems of Learning and Memory
5. ‘Decision Making’ in Larval Drosophila
6. Optophysiological Approaches to Learning and Memory in Drosophila melanogaster
7. Computational Analyses of Learning Networks
8. Issues in Invertebrate Learning Raised by Robot Models
9. Mechanosensory Learning and Memory in Caenorhabditis elegans
10. Molecular and Cellular Circuits Underlying Caenorhabditis elegans Olfactory Plasticity
11. Thermosensory Learning in Caenorhabditis elegans
12. Age-Dependent Modulation of Learning and Memory in Caenorhabditis elegans
13. Salt Chemotaxis Learning in Caenorhabditis elegans
14. A Systems Analysis of Neural Networks Underlying Gastropod Learning and Memory
15. Comparison of Operant and Classical Conditioning of Feeding Behavior in Aplysia
16. Mechanisms of Short-Term and Intermediate-Term Memory in Aplysia
17. Synaptic Mechanisms of Induction and Maintenance of Long-Term Sensitization
18. Roles of Protein Kinase C and Protein Kinase M in Aplysia Learning
19. Multisite Cellular and Synaptic Mechanisms in Hermissenda Pavlovian Conditioning
20. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Classical Conditioning in the Feeding System of Lymnaea
21. Operant Conditioning of Respiration in Lymnaea
22. Associative Memory Mechanisms in Terrestrial Slugs and Snails
23. Observational and Other Types of Learning in Octopus
24. The Neurophysiological Basis of Learning and Memory in Advanced Invertebrates
25. Learning, Memory, and Brain Plasticity in Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
26. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Learning and Memory in the Crab Neohelice (Chasmagnathus) granulata
27. Drosophila Memory Research through Four Eras
28. Visual Learning and Decision Making in Drosophila melanogaster
29. In Search of the Engram in the Honeybee Brain
30. Neural Correlates of Olfactory Learning in the Primary Olfactory Center of the Honeybee Brain
31. Memory Phases and Signaling Cascades in Honeybees
32. Pheromones Acting as Social Signals Modulate Learning in Honeybees
33. Extinction Learning and Memory Formation in the Honeybee
34. Glutamate Neurotransmission and Appetitive Olfactory Conditioning in the Honeybee
35. Cellular Mechanisms of Neuronal Plasticity in the Honeybee Brain
36. Behavioral and Neural Analyses of Punishment Learning in Honeybees
37. Brain Aging and Performance Plasticity in Honeybees
38. Learning and Recognition of Identity in Ants
39. Bounded Plasticity in the Desert Ant’s Navigational Tool Kit
40. Learning and Decision Making in a Social Context
41. Olfactory and Visual Learning in Cockroaches and Crickets

Subject Areas: Zoology: Invertebrates [PSVT], Animal behaviour [PSVP], Neurosciences [PSAN], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR]