Studies of insect nervous systems have made an immense contribution
to our understanding of how a brain works and the way that the
connections between constituent neurons are formed during
development, For the first time these studies are brought together
in The neurobiology of an insect brain, a personal account by a
leading experimental neurobiologist and zoologist. By concentrating
largely on one insect, the locust, this book unravels the
mechanisms by which a brain integrates the vast array of sensory
information to generate appropriate movements and behaviour. It
first describes the basic structure of an insect brain and how this
complex structure is formed during embryonic development. The
cellular properties of the different types of neurons, and the way
they are altered by neurosecretions are then analysed with respect
to the integrative actions of these neurons during behaviour.
Finally, the various movements that an insect performs are
investigated at the cellular level to illustrate particular
features of the integrative processing. Throughout, the book
emphasises how knowledge of these simpler nervous systems
contributes to our understanding of more complex brains, and at the
same time provides the functional synthesis into which future
molecular and computational studies can be woven. The neurobiology
of an insect brain is an important milestone in our search for
unifying principles of brain organisation and will be essential
reading for students and research workers in neurobiology,
behaviour, and entomology. our understanding
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