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In neurobiology, perhaps more than in any other field of biology, there are. considerable advantages in dealing with “simpler” systems and with “model” systems. Even in the lower invertebrates the degree of organization and differentiation of the nervous system is sufficiently high for the fundamental mechanisms of transmission, conduction, and integration to be studied. However, some scientists still hesitate to compare the properties of neurons of the vertebrate central nervous system with those of the invertebrate nervous system.
This chapter is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor K. Linderstrøm-Lang of the Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, who, by contributing to the development of most precise and sensitive methods of quantitative cytochemistry, made these cellular investigations possible.
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Giacobini, E. (1969). Chemistry of Isolated Invertebrate Neurons. In: Lajtha, A. (eds) Handbook of Neurochemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7321-4_10
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