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Physiology of Insecta: Volume I
2013, Elsevier Science & Technology Books
in English
1483266613 9781483266619
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Physiology of Insecta: Volume II
2013, Elsevier Science & Technology Books
in English
1483266532 9781483266534
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Physiology of Insecta: Volume III
2013, Elsevier Science & Technology Books
in English
1483266524 9781483266527
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The physiology of insecta
1974, Elsevier Science & Technology
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Table of Contents
Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; Copyright; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION; CONTENTS OF OTHER VOLUMES; The Insect and the Internal Environment-Homeostasis-I; Chapter 1: NEURAL INTEGRATION (CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM); Publisher Summary; I Introduction; II Levels and Principles of Neural Integration; III Methods of Studying Neural Integration in Insects; IV Structural Basis of the Insect Nervous System; V Integration at the Neuronal Level; VI Integration at the Multineuronal Level; VII Coordination of Movements and Behavior.
VIII Neural Basis of Habituation and LearningIX General Conclusions; Chapter 2: THE PHARMACOLOGY OF THE INSECT NERVOUS SYSTEM; Publisher Summary; I Introduction; II The Insect "Blood-Brain Barrier"; III Pharmacology of the Axonal Membrane; IV Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission; V Pharmacology of the Receptors; VI Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Chapter 3: NEURAL CONTROL OF SKELETAL MUSCLE; Publisher Summary; I Introduction; II Structure and Design of Insect Skeletal Muscle; III Innervation; IV Nature of Excitable Membrane of Muscle Fiber; V Neuromuscular Transmission.
VI Ionic Activity Underlying Electric PhenomenaVII Mechanical Responses; VIII Synaptic Transmitters; IX Effects of the Nerve Sheath; XI Physiology of Spiracular Muscle; XII The Effects of Denervation; XIII Neural Control in the Intact Animal; Chapter 4: THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE CONTRACTILE ELEMENTS OF INSECT MUSCLE; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II Structural Proteins of Muscle; III Interaction of Actomyosin with ATP; IV Concluding Remarks; Note Added in Proof; Chapter 5: BIOLOGICAL OXIDATIONS AND ENERGETICS IN INSECT MITOCHONDRIA; Publisher Summary; I Introduction; II The Mitochondrion.
III The Respiratory ChainIV The Activity of the Respiratory Chain and the Coupling of Oxidative Phosphorylation to Electron Transport; V Utilization of Other Metabolic Substrates by Flight-Muscle Mitochondria; VI The Control of Mitochondrial Oxidations; Chapter 6: PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN INSECTS; Publisher Summary; I Introduction; II The Aminoacylation of Transfer Ribonucleic Acid; III Initiation of Messenger RNA Translation; IV Polypeptide Elongation; V Polypeptide Chain Termination; VI Summary of the Steps Involved in Protein Synthesis; VII Regulation of Protein Synthesis; AUTHOR INDEX.
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
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