Neurones without Impulses

Preface; 1. Introduction: the nerve impulse and the nature of nervous function Gordon M. Shepherd; 2. Integration by spikeless neurones in retina Gordon L. Fain; 3. Anatomy and physiology of identified non-spiking cells in the photoreceptor-lamina complex of the compound eye of insects, especially Diptera Stephen R. Shaw; 4. The responses of vertebrate hair cells to mechanical stimulation Ian J. Russell; 5. Non-impulsive stretch receptors in crustaceans Brian M. H. Bush; 6. Non-spiking interactions in crustacean rhythmic motor systems A. John Simmers; 7. Local interneurones in insects Malcolm Burrows; 8. Functional aspects of neuronal geometry Wilfrid Rall; 9. Synaptic and impulse loci in olfactory bulb dendritic circuits Gordon M. Shepherd; 10. Spikeless neurones: where do we go from here? Theodore H. Bullock; Index.