List of contributors
Part I: Squid Axon Structure, Biochemistry, and Transport
1. The cytoskeleton of the squid giant axon
2. The nervous system of Loligo pealei provides multiple models for analysis of organelle motility
3. Cyclic nucleotide homeostasis and axonal G proteins in the squid Loligo forbesi
4. The detection and properties of electronic Na+K+ transport in the squid axon membrane
Part II: Squid Axon Ion Channels
5. Resting and active K+ channels in the squid axon membrane
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
7. An improved voltage clamp for gating current recording from the squid giant axon
8. Voltage dependence of sodium channel inactivation in the squid giant axon
9. Tetrodotoxin affects sodium gating current in squid axon
10. Single-channel properties and gating of Na+ and K+ channels in the squid giant axon
11. The effects of internal Ca2+ and Mg2+ on ion channels in the squid giant axon
12. Anaesthetics, convulsants, and the squid axon membrane
13. Control of the spatial distribution of sodium channels in the squid giant axon and its cell bodies
Part III: Axon-Schwann Cell Interaction
14. Electrophysiology of squid Schwann cells
15. The pharmacology of receptors present on squid giant axon Schwann cell
16. Periaxonal ion regulation in the squid
Part IV: Squid Giant Synapse
17. Synaptic transmission in the squid stellate ganglion
18. Multiple calcium signalling pathways in squid giant presynaptic terminals
19. Chemical transmission at the squid giant synapse
Part V: Neuromuscular Control
20. The structure and physiology of cephalopod muscle fibres
21. Organization of cephalopod chromatophore systems: a neuromuscular image-generator
22. Neurotransmitters of squid chromatophores
Part VI: Central Nervous System
23. Diffusion properties of the microenvironment of cephalopod brain
24. Cephalopod brains: promising preparations for brain physiology
25. Intracellular recordings from the chromatophore lobes of Octopus
26. Multiple matrices in the memory system of Octopus
27. A novel occluding junction forms the blood-brain barrier in cephalopod molluscs
Part VII: Sensory Function
29. Squid rhodopsin
30. The firefly squid, Watasenia scintillans has three visual pigments
31. The statocyst of cephalopods
32. Physiology of squid olfaction