r norman <rsn_ at _comcast.net> wrote in message news:<sqqbc0pvgn6di76pvoemod1rjafimfal7q at 4ax.com>...
> On 8 Jun 2004 08:04:05 -0700, iain_inkster at hotmail.com (Iain) wrote:
>> >Where can I learn everything there is to know about the starfish
> >nervous system, and how it creates useful behaviour. I don't just want
> >diagrams; I want descriptions of the dynamics involved, if possible.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >~Iain
>> You could start with the work of JLS Cobb:
>> Cobb, J. L. S. (1987).
> Neurobiology of the Echinodermata. In
> Nervous Systems in Invertebrates (ed. M. A. Ali), pp. 483-525.
> New York: Plenum Press.
>> Pentreath VW, Cobb JL
> Neurobiology of echinodermata.
> Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 1972 Aug;47(3):363-92.
>> Cobb, J. L. S. and Laverack, M. S. (1967).
> Neuromuscular systems in echinoderms.
> Symp. Zool. Soc., Lond. 20, 25-51.
>> Cobb, J. L. S. (1988)
> A preliminary hypothesis to account for the neural basis of behaviour
> in echinoderms.
> In: Echinoderm Biology.
> R. D. Burke, M. V. Mladenov, P. Lambert and R. L. Parsley, eds.,
> Rotterdam, Balkema : 565-573.
>> Cobb, J. L. S. and Moore, A. (1989)
> Studies on the integration of sensory information by the nervous
> system of the brittlestar Ophiura ophiura.
> Marine Behavior And Physiology, 14, 211- 212.
>> Cobb, J. L. S. (1989)
> Enigmas of echinoderm nervous systems. In: Evolution Of The First
> Nervous Systems.
> P. A. V. Anderson, eds.,
> New York, Plenum Press : 329-337.
>> Cobb, J. L. S. and Hendler, G. (1990)
> Neurophysiological characterization of the photoreceptor system in a
> brittlestar, Ophiocoma wendtii (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea).
> Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology, 97A(3), 329-333.
>> Cobb, J. L. S. and Begbie, K. M. (1994)
> Aspects of the hyponeural nervous system.
> In: Echinoderms Through Time (Echinoderms Dijon).
> B. David, A. Guille, J. P. Féral and M. Roux, eds.,
> Rotterdam, Balkema : 25-29.
Thanks much. I find the web useless for this sort of thing but the
usenet invaluable.
~Iain