On 9 Jun 2004 01:15:51 -0700, iain_inkster at hotmail.com (Iain) wrote:
>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
Actually, I got all those citations from a web search!
Cobb's name quickly turned up on a google for "Echinoderm
neurobiology" and then a name search revealed the rest.