Squid as Experimental Animals

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Evolution and Intelligence of the Cephalopods....Pages 3-9
Natural History and Collection....Pages 11-25
Lol-i-go and Far Away: A Consideration of the Establishment of the Species Designation Loligo pealei ....Pages 27-34
Maintenance, Rearing, and Culture of Teuthoid and Sepioid Squids....Pages 35-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Squid Mating Behavior....Pages 65-75
Embryonic Development of the Squid....Pages 77-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Electrophysiology and Biophysics of the Squid Giant Axon....Pages 93-132
Internal Dialysis in the Squid Giant Axon....Pages 133-152
The Cut-Open Axon Technique....Pages 153-159
Optical Measurements on Squid Axons....Pages 161-170
The Preparation of the Squid Giant Synapse for Electrophysiological Investigation....Pages 171-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Tissue Culture of Squid Neurons, Glia, and Muscle Cells....Pages 195-212
Squid Optic Lobe Synaptosomes: Structure and Function of Isolated Synapses....Pages 213-233
The Cytoskeleton of the Squid Giant Axon....Pages 235-302
Studying Axoplasmic Transport by Video Microscopy and Using the Squid Giant Axon as a Model System....Pages 303-321
Lipid Metabolism In The Squid Nervous System....Pages 323-368
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
Structure and Function of the Squid Eye....Pages 371-397
Development of the Squid’s Visual System....Pages 399-419
The Statocysts of Squid....Pages 421-439
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Gas Transport in the Blood....Pages 443-468
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
An Organophosphorus Detoxifying Enzyme Unique to Squid....Pages 469-480
Squid as Elite Athletes: Locomotory, Respiratory, and Circulatory Integration....Pages 481-503
Back Matter....Pages 505-516