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Neural Basis of Elementary Behavior in Stick Insects

This monograph represents the current status of neuro­ ethological research on the diurnal behavior of the stick in­ sect, Carausius morosus. The growing profusion of inter­ related studies, many of which are published only in German, makes an overview of this field increasingly difficult. Many stic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bässler, Ulrich
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1983, 1983
Edition:1st ed. 1983
Series:Studies of Brain Function
Subjects:
Zoology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Statement of the Problem
  • 1.2 The Experimental Animal and Its Behavior
  • 1.3 Experimental Strategy
  • 2 Behavioral Components of Twig Mimesis — Experiments on the Femur-Tibia Joint
  • 2.1 Twig Mimesis and Its Components
  • 2.2 Control of the State of Activity
  • 2.3 Thanatosis
  • 2.4 Catalepsy (Flexibilitas Cerea)
  • 2.5 Rocking
  • 2.6 The Femur-Tibia Control Loop
  • 2.7 Evolution of Catalepsy and Rocking
  • 2.8 Neural Basis of the Femur-Tibia Control Loop
  • 2.9 Significance of Systems Theory (Cybernetic) Methods for the Strategy Used Here
  • 2.10 Arousal
  • 3 Other Behaviors of the Stationary Animal
  • 3.1 Claw Flexing
  • 3.2 Active Movements of the Femur-Tibia Joint in Restrained Animals
  • 3.3 Control of the Coxa-Trochanter Joint
  • 3.4 Control of the Subcoxal Joint
  • 3.5 Leg Raising by the Standing Animal
  • 3.6 Height Control by a Standing Animal
  • 4 Walking
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Control of a Single Leg
  • 4.3 Interactions Between Legs that Do Not
  • Influence Timing
  • 4.4 Coordination
  • 4.5 Walking Backwards
  • 5 Orientation
  • 5.1 Gravity Orientation
  • 5.2 Light Orientation
  • 5.3 Idiothetic Orientation
  • 6 Anatomy of the Muscles, Nerves, and Sense Organs of the Carausius Thorax
  • 6.1 Anatomy of the Thorax and the Legs
  • 6.2 Anatomy and Physiology of the Sense Organs of the Legs
  • 6.3 Motor Innervation of the Leg Muscles
  • References

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