A Spider's Web

I. The Story of the Drug Web.- II. The Silk Glands.- A. Structure and Functions of Silk Glands.- The Ampullate Glands (.- The Aggregate Glands (.- Function of Silk Glands used in Web-Building (.- Structure and Function of the Other Silk Glands (.- Chemical and Physical Properties of Silk (.- Control of Drag-Line Spinning (.- B. Regulation of Protein Synthesis in Silk Glands.- Methods (.- Cycle of Events Following Cholinergic Stimulation (.- Relationship to the "Natural" Cycle (.- Regulation of Silk Glands Other than Ampullate Glands (.- Amounts of Protein in Web-Building (.- III. Specificity of the Web.- IV. Altered Web Patterns.- A. Methods of Investigation.- Procurement of Webs in the Laboratory (.- Obtaining the Record (.- Computations (.- Drug Application (.- B. Changes of Webs with Age.- C. Changes of Web Pattern with Changes in Body Weight.- D. Dependence of Web Geometry of the Number of Legs.- E. Feeding.- F. Effect of Drugs.- D-Amphetamine (.- Mescaline and Psilocybin (.- Caffeine (.- Strychnine (.- Phenobarbital (Luminal) and Diazepam (Valium) (.- Chlorpromazine (Thorazine, Largactil) (.- D-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD 25) (.- Physostigmine (.- Atropine (.- Scopolamine (.- Diethyl Ether (C2H5)2O (.- Carbon Monoxide (CO) (.- Carbon Dioxide (CO2) (.- Nitrous Oxide (N2O) (.- Adrenochrom (.- V. Construction of the Web.- A. The Process of Construction.- B. The Course of Construction.- C. The Neurophysiological Basis of Web-Building.- VI. References and Acknowledgements.- Author Index.