Abstract
Any examination of neuron evolution comes up against the question of how to recognise a neuron. In this review the focus is on what neurons do as opposed to what they "are". Restrictions based on structure are avoided. However the primary role of a neuron is "communication and integration", a function that depends on an electric field generated by a precise anatomical structure.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Wiley Handbook of Evolutionary Neuroscience |
| Editors | Stephen Shepherd |
| Place of Publication | Chicester, UK |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| Pages | 88-124 |
| Number of pages | 37 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118316573 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781119994695 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Neuronal evolution
- invertebrate behaviour
- Ion Channels
- Integration
- Electrophysiology
- Neurobiology
- Cnidaria
- Porifera
- Ctenophora
- Neurophysiology