Table of Contents |
| List of contributors | |
| List of abbreviations | |
1 | The cytoskeleton of the squid giant axon / J. Adjaye, P. A. M. Eagles | 3 |
2 | The nervous system of Loligo pealei provides multiple models for analysis of organelle motility / Philip L. Leopold, Jen-Wei Lin, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Rodolfo Llinas, Scott T. Brady | 15 |
3 | Cyclic nucleotide homeostasis and axonal G proteins in the squid Loligo forbesi / T. J. A. Allen, B. Rouot | 35 |
4 | The detection and properties of electronic Na[superscript +]-K[superscript +] transport in the squid axon membrane / U. Kishimoto, I. Inoue, I. Tsutsui, T. Ohkawa | 53 |
5 | Resting and active K[superscript +] channels in the squid axon membrane / Isao Inoue | 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 / Richard D. Keynes | 85 |
7 | An improved voltage clamp for gating current recording from the squid giant axon / Ian C. Forster, Nikolaus G. Greeff | 97 |
8 | Voltage dependence of sodium channel inactivation in the squid giant axon / Nikolaus G. Greeff, Ian C. Forster | 107 |
9 | Tetrodotoxin affects sodium gating current in squid giant axon / Michinori Ichikawa, Gen Matsumoto | 119 |
10 | Single-channel properties and gating of Na[superscript +] and K[superscript +] channels in the squid giant axon / Francisco Bezanilla, Ana M. Correa | 131 |
11 | The effects of internal Ca[superscript 2+] and Mg[superscript 2+] on ion channels in the squid giant axon / Shunichi Yamagishi, Kishio Furuya, Fumio Kukita | 153 |
12 | Anaesthetics, convulsants, and the squid axon membrane / B. M. Hendry | 161 |
13 | Control of the spatial distribution of sodium channels in the squid giant axon and its cell bodies / W. F. Gilly, M. T. Lucero, M. Perri, J. Rosenthal | 173 |
14 | Electrophysiology of squid Schwann cells / N. Joan Abbott, E. R. Brown, Y. Pichon, Fumio Kukita | 197 |
15 | The pharmacology of receptors present on squid giant axon Schwann cells / Peter D. Evans, Vincenzina Reale, Rosa Maria Merzon, Jorge Villegas | 213 |
16 | Periaxonal ion regulation in the squid / Y. Pichon, N. Joan Abbott, E. R. Brown, Isao Inoue, Patricia A. Revest | 229 |
17 | Synaptic transmission in the squid stellate ganglion / R. Llinas, M. Sugimori | 255 |
18 | Multiple calcium signalling pathways in squid giant presynaptic terminals / George J. Augustine, Joachim Deitmer, Michael Hans, Dieter Swandulla, Karl Zipser | 271 |
19 | Chemical transmission at the squid giant synapse / J. B. Messenger, A. De Santis, D. C. Ogden | 283 |
20 | The structure and physiology of cephalopod muscle fibres / Q. Bone, E. R. Brown, M. Usher | 301 |
21 | Organization of cephalopod chromatophore systems: a neuromuscular image-generator / Andrew Packard | 331 |
22 | Neurotransmitters of squid chromatophores / C. J. Cornwell, J. B. Messenger | 369 |
23 | Diffusion properties of the microenvironment of cephalopod brain / Charles Nicholson, Jaleel A. Miyan, Katherine T. Potter, Roddy Williamson, N. Joan Abbott | 383 |
24 | Cephalopod brains: promising preparations for brain physiology / Bernd U. Budelmann, Theodore H. Bullock, Roddy Williamson | 399 |
25 | Intracellular recordings from the chromatophore lobes of Octopus / J. A. Miyan, J. B. Messenger | 415 |
26 | Multiple matrices in the memory system of Octopus / J. Z. Young | 431 |
27 | A novel occluding junction forms the blood-brain barrier in cephalopod molluscs / Magnus Bundgaard, N. Joan Abbott, Nancy J. Lane | 445 |
28 | Cerebrovascular organization and dynamics in cephalopods / N. Joan Abbott, J. A. Miyan | 459 |
29 | Squid rhodopsin / H. R. Saibil, K. A. Langmack, C. Venien-Bryan, J. R. Wilkinson | 479 |
30 | The firefly squid, Watasenia scintillans, has three visual pigments / Masatsugu Seidou, Kinya Narita, Masanao Michinomae, Yuji Kito | 491 |
31 | The statocysts of cephalopods / Roddy Williamson | 503 |
32 | Physiology of squid olfaction / Mary T. Lucero, Wm. F. Gilly | 521 |
| Index | 535 |