- Copyright Page
- Oxford Handbooks in Neuroscience
- Editorial Board
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Preface
- Recent Trends in Invertebrate Neuroscience
- The Divergent Evolution of Arthropod Brains: Ground Pattern Organization and Stability Through Geological Time
- Development of the Nervous System of Invertebrates
- Invertebrate Genomics Provide Insights Into the Origin of Synaptic Transmission
- Genetics of Behavior in <i>C. elegans</i>
- Genetic Analysis of Behavior in <i>Drosophila</i>
- Cnidarian Neurobiology
- Flatworm Neurobiology in the Postgenomic Era
- Morphology of Invertebrate Neurons and Synapses
- Neurotransmitters and Neuropeptides of Invertebrates
- Auditory Systems of <i>Drosophila</i> and Other Invertebrates
- Motion Vision in Arthropods
- Chemosensory Transduction in Arthropods
- Magnetoreception of Invertebrates
- Rhythmic Pattern Generation in Invertebrates
- The Feeding Network of <i>Aplysia</i>: Features That Are Distinctive and Shared With Other Molluscs
- Control of Locomotion in Hexapods
- Neural Control of Swimming in Nudipleura Molluscs
- Control of Locomotion in Annelids
- Control of Locomotion in Crustaceans
- Motor Control in Soft-Bodied Animals: The Octopus
- Nonassociative Learning in Invertebrates
- Associative Learning in Invertebrates
- The Vertical Lobe of Cephalopods: A Brain Structure Ideal for Exploring the Mechanisms of Complex Forms of Learning and Memory
- Mechanisms of Axonal Degeneration and Regeneration: Lessons Learned From Invertebrates
- Evolution and Design of Invertebrate Circadian Clocks
- Neurobiology of Reproduction in Molluscs: Mechanisms and Evolution
- Search Strategies for Intentionality in the Honeybee Brain
- Identifying Critical Genes, Neurotransmitters, and Circuits for Social Behavior in Invertebrates
- Rapid Neural Polyphenism in Cephalopods: Current Understanding and Future Challenges
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
The main function of brains is to generate adaptive behavior. Far from being the stereotypical, robot-like insect, the fruit fly Drosophila exhibits astounding flexibility and chooses different courses of actions even under identical external circumstances. Due to the power of genetics, we now are beginning to understand the neuronal mechanisms underlying this behavioral flexibility. Interestingly, the evidence from studies of disparate behaviors converges on common organizational principles common to many if not all behaviors, such as modified sensory processing, involvement of biogenic amines in network remodeling, ongoing activity, and modulation by feedback. Seemingly foreseeing these recent insights, the first research fields in Drosophila behavioral neurogenetics reflected this constant negotiation between internal and external demands on the animal as the common mechanism underlying adaptive behavioral choice in Drosophila.
Keywords: insect, neurobiology, spontaneity, operant, neuromodulator
Neurogenetics, Universität Regensburg
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- Copyright Page
- Oxford Handbooks in Neuroscience
- Editorial Board
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Preface
- Recent Trends in Invertebrate Neuroscience
- The Divergent Evolution of Arthropod Brains: Ground Pattern Organization and Stability Through Geological Time
- Development of the Nervous System of Invertebrates
- Invertebrate Genomics Provide Insights Into the Origin of Synaptic Transmission
- Genetics of Behavior in <i>C. elegans</i>
- Genetic Analysis of Behavior in <i>Drosophila</i>
- Cnidarian Neurobiology
- Flatworm Neurobiology in the Postgenomic Era
- Morphology of Invertebrate Neurons and Synapses
- Neurotransmitters and Neuropeptides of Invertebrates
- Auditory Systems of <i>Drosophila</i> and Other Invertebrates
- Motion Vision in Arthropods
- Chemosensory Transduction in Arthropods
- Magnetoreception of Invertebrates
- Rhythmic Pattern Generation in Invertebrates
- The Feeding Network of <i>Aplysia</i>: Features That Are Distinctive and Shared With Other Molluscs
- Control of Locomotion in Hexapods
- Neural Control of Swimming in Nudipleura Molluscs
- Control of Locomotion in Annelids
- Control of Locomotion in Crustaceans
- Motor Control in Soft-Bodied Animals: The Octopus
- Nonassociative Learning in Invertebrates
- Associative Learning in Invertebrates
- The Vertical Lobe of Cephalopods: A Brain Structure Ideal for Exploring the Mechanisms of Complex Forms of Learning and Memory
- Mechanisms of Axonal Degeneration and Regeneration: Lessons Learned From Invertebrates
- Evolution and Design of Invertebrate Circadian Clocks
- Neurobiology of Reproduction in Molluscs: Mechanisms and Evolution
- Search Strategies for Intentionality in the Honeybee Brain
- Identifying Critical Genes, Neurotransmitters, and Circuits for Social Behavior in Invertebrates
- Rapid Neural Polyphenism in Cephalopods: Current Understanding and Future Challenges
- Index
