Akadémia Kiadó

Invertebrate animals have been used in the past with great success for studying both elementary and complex mechanisms of neuronal regulation. Numerous important discoveries have been achieved with invertebrate preparations and new techniques have evolved which have contributed significantly to a better understanding of the function of the vertebrate brain.

The present volume contains the lectures delivered at the Symposium of the international Society for Invertebrate Neurobiology. On the Symposium the latest results attained on the nervous system of worms, molluscs and arthropods were presented by neurobiologists from 15 countries of four Continents.

The papers deal with the electrophysiological properties of the neuronal membrane and ionic channels, localization and action of signal molecules at cellular and brain level including modulatory functions and their coexistence, organization of neuronal networks and parallel processing in simple nervous systems, regulation of complex acts and behavioural phenomena. Several papers deal with questions related to neuroimmunology in invertebrates.

The results give an insight into the progress achieved in invertebrate neurobiology over the past few years. The volume is a useful source not only for experts involved in the invertebrate nervous systems but also for neurobiologists in general, and for university students and teachers as well.