Cephalopod neurobiology Book

	List of contributors
	List of abbreviations
1	The cytoskeleton of the squid giant axon	3
2	The nervous system of Loligo pealei provides multiple models for analysis of organelle motility	15
3	Cyclic nucleotide homeostasis and axonal G proteins in the squid Loligo forbesi	35
4	The detection and properties of electronic Na[superscript +]-K[superscript +] transport in the squid axon membrane	53
5	Resting and active K[superscript +] channels in the squid axon membrane	73
6	Studies of the kinetics of the ionic and gating currents in the axons of Loligo forbesi as a guide to modelling of the sodium channel	85
7	An improved voltage clamp for gating current recording from the squid giant axon	97
8	Voltage dependence of sodium channel inactivation in the squid giant axon	107
9	Tetrodotoxin affects sodium gating current in squid giant axon	119
10	Single-channel properties and gating of Na[superscript +] and K[superscript +] channels in the squid giant axon	131
11	The effects of internal Ca[superscript 2+] and Mg[superscript 2+] on ion channels in the squid giant axon	153
12	Anaesthetics, convulsants, and the squid axon membrane	161
13	Control of the spatial distribution of sodium channels in the squid giant axon and its cell bodies	173
14	Electrophysiology of squid Schwann cells	197
15	The pharmacology of receptors present on squid giant axon Schwann cells	213
16	Periaxonal ion regulation in the squid	229
17	Synaptic transmission in the squid stellate ganglion	255
18	Multiple calcium signalling pathways in squid giant presynaptic terminals	271
19	Chemical transmission at the squid giant synapse	283
20	The structure and physiology of cephalopod muscle fibres	301
21	Organization of cephalopod chromatophore systems: a neuromuscular image-generator	331
22	Neurotransmitters of squid chromatophores	369
23	Diffusion properties of the microenvironment of cephalopod brain	383
24	Cephalopod brains: promising preparations for brain physiology	399
25	Intracellular recordings from the chromatophore lobes of Octopus	415
26	Multiple matrices in the memory system of Octopus	431
27	A novel occluding junction forms the blood-brain barrier in cephalopod molluscs	445
28	Cerebrovascular organization and dynamics in cephalopods	459
29	Squid rhodopsin	479
30	The firefly squid, Watasenia scintillans, has three visual pigments	491
31	The statocysts of cephalopods	503
32	Physiology of squid olfaction	521
	Index	535