Evolution of Nervous Systems

by Jon H. Kaas

All biology only makes sense when seen in the light of evolution, and this is especially true for the nervous system. All animals have nervous systems that mediate their behaviors, many of them species specific. Yet, these nervous systems all evolved from the simple nervous system of a common ancestor. To understand these nervous systems, we need to know how they vary and how this variation emerged in evolution. Over 100 distinguished neuroscientists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123925606
• ISBN13: 9780123925602
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 2000 Pages
• Weight: 15.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 7.6" x 10.3"