1. Preface

   • Károly Elekes

   EditorialNotes Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Neuromodulatory Octopaminergic Neurons and Their Functions During Insect Motor Behaviour

   • H.-J. PflüGer
   • C. Duch
   • E. Heidel

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 3 - 12

3. Properties of Descending Dorsal Unpaired Median (DUM) Neurons of the Locust Suboesophageal Ganglion

   • P. Bräunig
   • M. Burrows
   • O. T. Morris

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 13 - 19

4. Separate Distribution of Deutocerebral Projection Neurons in the Mushroom Bodies of the Cricket Brain

   • Ina Frambach
   • F.-W. Schürmann

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 21 - 29

5. Multisensory Convergence in the Mushroom Bodies of Ants and Bees

   • W. Gronenberg
   • G. O. López-Riquelme

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 31 - 37

6. Comparative Morphology of Central Neuropils in the Brain of Arthropods and Its Evolutionary and Functional Implications

   • R. Loesel

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 39 - 51

7. Learning Channels. Cellular Physiology of Odor Processing Neurons Within the Honeybee Brain

   • B. Grünewald
   • Anna Wersing
   • D. G. Wüstenberg

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 53 - 63

8. Nitric Oxide Regulates the Levels of cGMP Accumulation in the Cricket Brain

   • H. Aonuma
   • K. Niwa

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 65 - 70

9. Action Spectrum of Foraging Behavior of the Japanese Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio Xuthus

   • H. Koshitaka
   • M. Kinoshita
   • K. Arikawa

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 71 - 79

10. Neurobiology of Polarization Vision in the Locust Schistocerca Gregaria

    • U. Homberg
    • Sabine Hofer
    • Agnes Paech

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 81 - 89

11. From Bioassays to Drosophila Genetics: Strategies for Characterizing an Essential Insect Neurohormone, Bursicon

    • H.-W. Honegger
    • Elizabeth M. Dewey
    • Barbara Kostron

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 91 - 102

12. Wasp Manipulates Cockroach Behavior by Injecting Venom Cocktail into Prey Central Nervous System

    • G. Haspel
    • F. Libersat

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 103 - 112

13. Auto-Spermatophore Extrusion Reveals That the Reproductive Timer Functions in the Separated Terminal Abdominal Ganglion in the Male Cricket

    • M. Sakai
    • M. Kumashiro

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 113 - 120

14. The Effect of 5-HTP on the Reproductive Timer in the Male Cricket

    • M. Ureshi
    • M. Dainobu
    • M. Sakai

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 121 - 127

15. The Locust Frontal Ganglion: a Multi-Tasked Central Pattern Generator

    • A. Ayali
    • Yael Zilberstein

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 129 - 135

16. Neurophysiological Studies of Flight-Related Density-Dependent Phase Characteristics in Locusts

    • A. Ayali
    • Einat Fuchs
    • W. Kutsch

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 137 - 141

17. Estradiol-Stimulated Nitric Oxide Release In Nervous Tissue, Vasculature, and Gonads of the Giant Cockroach Blaberus Craniifer

    • F. E. Nieto-Fernandez
    • F. Ianuzzi
    • Lilian Nodimele

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 143 - 148

18. The Early Snail Acquires the Learning. Comparison of Scores for Conditioned Taste Aversion Between Morning and Afternoon

    • Akiko Wagatsuma
    • Rio Sugai
    • E. Ito

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 149 - 155

19. Real-Time Quantitative RT-PCR Method for Estimation of mRNA Level of CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein in the Central Nervous System of Lymnaea Stagnalis

    • D. Hatakeyama
    • Hisayo Sadamoto
    • E. Ito

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 157 - 161

20. The Expression Pattern of Creb Genes in the Central Nervous System of the Pond Snail Lymnaea Stagnalis

    • Hisayo Sadamoto
    • Sachiyo Azami
    • E. Ito

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 163 - 166

21. Octopaminergic Modulation of the Membrane Currents in the Central Feeding System of the Pond Snail Lymnaea Stagnalis

    • Ágnes Vehovszky
    • A. Szűcs
    • C. J. H. Elliott

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 167 - 176

22. Second Messengers of Octopamine Receptors in the Snail Lymnaea

    • Samantha Pitt
    • Ágnes Vehovszky
    • C. J. H. Elliott

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 177 - 183

23. The Effect of Food Intake on the Central Monoaminergic System in the Snail, Lymnaea Stagnalis

    • L. Hernádi
    • L. Hiripi
    • Ágnes Vehovszky

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 185 - 194

24. Hyperpolarization by Glucose of Feeding-Related Neurons in Snail

    • Magda Alania
    • Varya Dyakonova
    • D. A. Sakharov

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 195 - 200

25. Serotonin, Nitric Oxide and Histamine Enhance the Excitability of Neuron MCC by Diverse Mechanisms

    • J. Jacklet
    • J. Grizzaffi
    • D. Tieman

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 201 - 210

26. Regulation of Afferent Transmission in the Feeding Circuitry of Aplysia

    • Elizabeth C. Cropper
    • C. G. Evans
    • S. C. Rosen

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 211 - 220

27. Functional Morphology of the Salivary Gland of the Snail, Helix Pomatia: A Histochemical and Immunocytochemical Study

    • Zs. Pirger
    • K. Elekes
    • T. Kiss

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 221 - 232

28. Phasic Coordination Between Locomotor And Respiratory Rhythms In lymnaea: Real Behavior And Computer Simulation

    • D. D. Vorontsov
    • V. V. Tsyganov
    • D. A. Sakharov

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 233 - 237

29. Why the Ovotestis of Helix Aspersa is Innervated

    • R. Chase
    • T. Antkowiak
    • D. Weatherill

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 239 - 249

30. Survival of Egg-Laying Controlling Neuroendocrine Cells During Reproductive Senescence of a Mollusc

    • C. Janse

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 251 - 259

31. Pacemaker Potentials are the Physiologic Basis of Epileptiform Activity in the Buccal Ganglia of Helix Pomatia

    • U. Altrup

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 261 - 268

32. Continuous Increase of Epileptogenic Effects Following Application of Proteolytic Enzymes (Buccal Ganglia of Helix Pomatia)

    • U. Altrup
    • A. Üre
    • A. Joschko

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 269 - 272

33. Neuron-Microglia Communication in the CNS of the Freshwater Snail Planorbarius Corneus

    • D. Sonetti
    • Elisa Peruzzi

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 273 - 285

34. Microglia Proliferation as a Response to Activation in the Freshwater Snail Planorbarius Corneus: a BrdU Incorporation Study

    • Elisa Peruzzi
    • D. Sonetti

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 287 - 291

35. Induction of Metamorphosis in the Marine Gastropod Ilyanassa Obsoleta: 5HT, No and Programmed Cell Death

    • Esther M. Leise
    • S. C. Kempf
    • D. J. Gifondorwa

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 293 - 300

36. Embryogenesis of the Histaminergic System in the Pond Snail, Lymnaea stagnalis L.: An Immunocytochemical and Biochemical Study

    • E. Hegedűs
    • J. Kaslin
    • K. Elekes

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 301 - 313

37. Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Influence of the Duration of Embryogenesis and Intracapsular Locomotion of Lymnaea Stagnalis L.

    • Adrienn Filla
    • L. Hiripi
    • K. Elekes

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 315 - 321

38. Embryogenesis of GABAergic Elements in the Nervous System of Eisenia Fetida (Annelida, Oligochaeta)

    • Anna Koza
    • Mária Csoknya

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 323 - 333

39. RFamide Neuropeptide Actions on the Molluscan Heart

    • A. Moulis

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 335 - 341

40. A Structure-Activity Study of the Neuropeptide PF1, SDPNFLRFamide, using the Dorsal Body Wall Muscle of the Chicken Nematode, Ascaridia Galli

    • C. J. Franks
    • R. J. Walker
    • Lindy Holden-Dye

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 343 - 351

41. Opiate Alkaloids in Ascaris Suum

    • S. C. Pryor
    • Jennifer Putnam
    • Nanyamka Hoo

    OriginalPaper Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 353 - 361

42. János Salánki (1929–2003)

    • Károly Elekes

    Obituary Open access 30 December 2004 Pages: 363 - 365