The Cricket as a Model Organism : Development, Regeneration, and Behavior - Horch, Hadley Wilson; Mito, Taro.; Popadić, Aleksandar; Ohuchi, Hideyo; Noji, Sumihare; SpringerLink (Online service) (Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2017)
Preface -- Part I Development and Regeneration -- 1 History of cricket biology -- 2 Early development and diversity of Gryllus appendages -- 3 Leg formation and regeneration -- 4 Eye development and photoreception of a hemimetabolous insect, Gryllus bimaculatus -- 5 An early embryonic diapause stage and developmental plasticity in the band-legged ground cricket Dianemobius nigrofasciatus -- Part II Physiology, Nervous System, and Behavior -- 6 Molecular approach to the circadian clock mechanism in the cricket -- 7 Hormonal circadian rhythm in the wing-polymorphic cricket Gryllus firmus: Integrating chronobiology, endocrinology and evolution -- 8 Plasticity in the cricket central nervous system -- 9 Learning and memory -- 10 Neurons and networks underlying singing behaviour -- 11 The cricket auditory pathway: neural processing of acoustic signals -- 12 Neuromodulators and the control of aggression in crickets -- 13 Fighting behavior-Understanding the mechanisms of group size-dependent aggression. -- 14 Cercal system-mediated anti-predator behaviors -- 15 The biochemical basis of life history adaptation: Gryllus studies lead the way -- 16 Reproductive behavior and physiology in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus -- Part III Experimental Approaches -- 17 Protocols for olfactory conditioning experiments -- 18 Optical recording methods--How to measure of neural activities with Calcium imaging -- 19 Trackball systems for analyzing cricket phonotaxis -- 20 Synthetic approaches for observing and measuring cricket behaviors -- 21 Protocols in the cricket -- BM Index.
Keywords: Animal models in research; Behavioral sciences; Developmental biology; Food-Biotechnology.; Animal Models; Behavioral Sciences; Developmental Biology; Food Science