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An understanding of how physiological systems cope with environmental challenges came about through the recognition by Claude Bernard in the last century that living organisms have two environments: the outer physical environment and an internal environment comprised of the fluids that bathe the cells of an organism. In considering behavior, one must similarly be cognizant of the fact that the nervous system is confronted with the same two environments and that both have an impact on the behavior that the animal eventually shows. As indicated by the preceding papers in this section, it is clear that chemicals constitute an important set of cues to inform an animal about the state of its external environment. Information about the internal environment is likewise conveyed to the central nervous system (CNS) in the form of chemical signals.
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Truman, J.W. (1983). Insect Ecdysis: A System for the Study of Internal Chemicals That Control Behavior. In: Huber, F., Markl, H. (eds) Neuroethology and Behavioral Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69271-0_12
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