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1. How animals see the world
: comparative behavior, biology, and evolution of vision
by Shimizu, Toru and Wasserman, Edward A and Lazareva, Olga F
2012, ISBN 9780195334654, ix, 548
The visual world of animals is highly diverse and often very different from the world that we humans take for granted. This book provides an extensive review... 
Eye | Evolution (Biology) | Evolution | Physiology, Comparative | Animal behavior | Vision | Biology, life sciences | neuropsychology | Honeybees | Segmentation | Spiders | Animal vision | Perceptual grouping | Primates | Birds | Fish | Object perception
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2. Full Text Ecological Meltdown in Predator-Free Forest Fragments
by John Terborgh and Lawrence Lopez and Percy Nuñez and Madhu Rao and Ghazala Shahabuddin and Gabriela Orihuela and Mailen Riveros and Rafael Ascanio and Greg H. Adler and Thomas D. Lambert and Luis Balbas
Science, ISSN 0036-8075, 11/2001, Volume 294, Issue 5548, pp. 1923 - 1926
The manner in which terrestrial ecosystems are regulated is controversial. The "top-down" school holds that predators limit herbivores and thereby prevent them... 
Predators | Ants | Insect flight | Insect colonies | Reports | Monkeys | Plants | Herbivores | Spiracles | Stems | Iguanas | COMMUNITY STRUCTURE | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | HYPOTHESIS | ISLANDS | TROPHIC CASCADES | ECOSYSTEMS | VEGETATION | FOOD | Geography | Power Plants | Ants - physiology | Birds - physiology | Anura - physiology | Iguanas - physiology | Food Chain | Lizards - physiology | Swine - physiology | Venezuela | Reproduction | Animals | Trees - physiology | Models, Biological | Ecosystem | Population Density | Female | Fresh Water | Haplorhini - physiology | Rodentia - physiology | Spiders - physiology | Biotic communities | Research | Ecological research | Statistics | Analysis | Trees | Forests | Flowers & plants | Ecosystems
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3. Full Text Somatodendritic integration under increased network activity in layer 5 pyramidal cells of the somatosensory cortex
by Neubauer, Florian B and Berger, Thomas
Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, ISSN 0031-6768, 3/2008, Volume 455, Issue 6, pp. 1063 - 1079
Integrative properties of single neurons have been extensively studied in acute brain slices. However, these preparations are characterized by extremely low... 
Somatosensory cortex | Biomedicine | Human Physiology | Calcium-sensitive dye imaging | Patch clamp | Network activation | Serotoninergic modulation | Neuromodulation | Cholinergic modulation | Dendrite | NEOCORTICAL NEURONS | patch clamp | NEURONS IN-VIVO | PHYSIOLOGY | DISTAL APICAL DENDRITES | network activation | dendrite | DENDRITIC CALCIUM DYNAMICS | calcium-sensitive dye imaging | PERSISTENT SODIUM CURRENT | BARREL CORTEX | K+ GIRK CURRENTS | MEMBRANE-POTENTIAL DYNAMICS | neuromodulation | serotoninergic modulation | ALPHA-LATROTOXIN | SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX | cholinergic modulation | somatosensory cortex | Extracellular Space - physiology | Interneurons - physiology | Electric Stimulation | Calcium Signaling - physiology | Extracellular Space - drug effects | Electrophysiology | Spider Venoms - pharmacology | Serotonin - pharmacology | Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials - drug effects | Nerve Net - physiology | Nerve Net - cytology | Receptors, Presynaptic - metabolism | Somatosensory Cortex - physiology | Patch-Clamp Techniques | Potassium - physiology | Animals | Receptors, Presynaptic - drug effects | Dendrites - physiology | Pyramidal Cells - physiology | Neurons - physiology | Somatosensory Cortex - cytology | Mice | Fish Venoms - pharmacology | Microscopy, Fluorescence | Neurons
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4. Spider physiology and behaviour
: physiology
by Casas, Jérôme and ebrary, Inc
2011, 1st ed., Advances in insect physiology, ISBN 9780123876683, Volume 40.
Spiders | Physiology | Behavior
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5. Ecophysiology of spiders
by Aitchison-Benell, C. W and Nentwig, Wolfgang, 1953
1987, ISBN 0387170340, ix, 448
Arachnida | Ecology | Physiology | Spiders
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6. Full Text Does oxygen limit thermal tolerance in arthropods? A critical review of current evidence
by Verberk, Wilco C.E.P and Overgaard, Johannes and Ern, Rasmus and Bayley, Mark and Wang, Tobias and Boardman, Leigh and Terblanche, John S
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, ISSN 1095-6433, 02/2016, Volume 192, pp. 64 - 78
Over the last decade, numerous studies have investigated the role of oxygen in setting thermal tolerance in aquatic animals, and there has been particular... 
OCLTT | Respiration physiology | Crustaceans | Insects | Hyperoxia | Thermal biology | Hypoxia | Heat tolerance | Cardiovascular capacity | Ventilation | Climate warming | Circulation | SPIDER CRAB | PHYSIOLOGY | DISCONTINUOUS GAS-EXCHANGE | HIGH-TEMPERATURES | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | SHORE CRAB | CLIMATE-CHANGE | DYNAMIC ACTION | DROSOPHILA | ZOOLOGY | AEROBIC SCOPE | ANAEROBIC METABOLISM | Arthropods - physiology | Oxygen - pharmacology | Climate | Temperature | Oxygen - physiology | Aquatic Organisms - physiology | Arthropods - metabolism | Oxygen Consumption - physiology | Animals | Crustacea - physiology | Body Temperature Regulation - drug effects | Insecta - physiology | Acclimatization - drug effects | Acclimatization - physiology | CTmin, critical thermal minimum — as for CTmax, but reflecting the cold tolerance | SMR, standard metabolic rate — the minimum rate of oxygen consumption needed to sustain life in resting, post-absorptive organisms at a given temperature | Tpejus, pejus temperature — the temperature beyond which aerobic metabolism declines rapidly and hypoxemia sets in | Review | SMR, relative aerobic scope, sometimes also referred to as factorial aerobic scope | OCLTT, hypothesis, oxygen and capacity limited thermal tolerance hypothesis | MMR | Topt, optimal temperature — the temperature where an organism can achieve maximum aerobic scope (MMR − SMR) | MMR − SMR, absolute aerobic scope (AAS) | MMR, maximum metabolic rate — the maximum rate at which oxygen can be consumed at a given temperature | Tcrit, critical temperature — the temperature beyond which aerobic metabolism is no longer sufficient to cover energy demand and anaerobic metabolism sets in | CTmax, critical thermal maximum — an empirical endpoint of heat tolerance found in heating trials where the temperature is ramped up, indicating the temperature at which the animal becomes moribund and can no longer escape the adverse temperatures
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7. Full Text Systemic resistance in citrus to Tetranychus urticae induced by conspecifics is transmitted by grafting and mediated by mobile amino acids
by Agut, Blas and Gamir, Jordi and Jaques, Josep A and Flors, Victor
Journal of Experimental Botany, ISSN 0022-0957, 10/2016, Volume 67, Issue 19, pp. 5711 - 5723
Recent research suggests that systemic signalling and communication between roots and leaves plays an important role in plant defence against herbivores. In... 
Citrus | glutamate-receptor like | glutamic acid | systemic resistance | Tetranychus urticae | grafting | DEFENSE | ABIOTIC STRESS | ACQUIRED-RESISTANCE | WOUND RESPONSE | PLANT SCIENCES | GLUTAMATE-RECEPTOR | PLANT IMMUNITY | SPIDER-MITE | ARABIDOPSIS | JASMONIC ACID | TOMATO | Plant Leaves - chemistry | Receptors, Glutamate - metabolism | Citrus - physiology | Plant Growth Regulators - physiology | Amino Acids - physiology | Glutamic Acid - physiology | Herbivory | Tetranychidae - physiology | Plant Roots - physiology | Oxylipins - metabolism | Citrus - metabolism | Animals | Plant Shoots - metabolism | Gene Expression Regulation, Plant | Cyclopentanes - metabolism | Signal Transduction - physiology | Plant Leaves - physiology | Receptors, Glutamate - physiology | Glutamic Acid - analysis | Research Paper
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8. Spider Physiology and Behaviour
: Behaviour
by Casas,Jérôme Volume Editor
12/2011, ISBN 9780124159198
Annotation This latest volume in this series contains articles on Arachnid Physiology and Behaviour.The papers in this special issue give rise to key themes... 
Nature | Spiders
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9. Full Text The influence of host plant extrafloral nectaries on multitrophic interactions: An experimental investigation
by Koptur, Suzanne and Jones, Ian M and Peña, Jorge E
PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 09/2015, Volume 10, Issue 9, p. e0138157
A field experiment was conducted with outplantings of the native perennial shrub Senna mexicana var. chapmanii in a semi-natural area adjacent to native pine... 
EXTRA-FLORAL NECTARIES | SEED PRODUCTION | SOIL NUTRIENTS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | MUTUALISM | AGENTS | ANT PROTECTION | FEEDING ANTS | SENNA LEGUMINOSAE | DEFENSIVE RESPONSE | HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS | Predatory Behavior - physiology | Weevils - physiology | Senna Plant - parasitology | Herbivory - physiology | Senna Plant - physiology | Ants - physiology | Florida | Animals | Butterflies - physiology | Ecosystem | Plant Nectar - physiology | Wasps - physiology | Host-Parasite Interactions | Spiders - physiology | Insect viruses | Ants | Wasps | Parasitoids | Nectar | Seeds | Hemolymph | Viruses | Plants (organisms) | Ecology | Mutualism | Butterflies | Studies | Animal reproduction | Extrafloral nectaries | Predators | Plant nectar | Spiders | Developmental stages | Insects | Host plants | Arthropods | Caterpillars | Oviposition | Herbivores | Flowers & plants
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10. Full Text Source localization of late electrocortical positivity during symptom provocation in spider phobia: An sLORETA study
by Scharmüller, Wilfried and Leutgeb, Verena and Schäfer, Axel and Köchel, Angelika and Schienle, Anne
Brain Research, ISSN 0006-8993, 2011, Volume 1397, Issue 2, pp. 10 - 18
Abstract This symptom provocation study on spider phobia investigated sources of late event-related potentials (ERPs) using sLORETA (standardized low... 
Neurology | ERP | Spider phobia | Symptom provocation | Cingulate cortex | Source localization | EEG | P300 | Parietal cortex | Attention | Insula | sLORETA | LPP | NEUROSCIENCES | Emotions - physiology | Motor Cortex - physiology | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders | Phobic Disorders - physiopathology | Visual Perception - physiology | Event-Related Potentials, P300 - physiology | Humans | Evoked Potentials - physiology | Occipital Lobe - physiology | Electroencephalography | Fear - physiology | Young Adult | Attention - physiology | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Arousal - physiology | Animals | Image Processing, Computer-Assisted | Phobic Disorders - psychology | Spiders | Adult | Female | Parietal Lobe - physiology | Photic Stimulation | Research Report
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11. Full Text Spectral filtering enables trichromatic vision in colorful jumping spiders
by Zurek, Daniel B and Cronin, Thomas W and Taylor, Lisa A and Byrne, Kevin and Sullivan, Mara L.G and Morehouse, Nathan I
Current Biology, ISSN 0960-9822, 05/2015, Volume 25, Issue 10, pp. R403 - R404
Jumping spiders (family Salticidae) are masters of miniature vision, achieving higher spatial resolution in relation to body size than any other animal [1].... 
PRINCIPAL EYES | RETINAE | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | SALTICIDAE | DENDRYPHANTINAE | RECEPTORS | CELL BIOLOGY | Courtship | Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate - physiology | Male | Spectrophotometry - methods | Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate - physiology | Retina - physiology | Vision, Ocular - physiology | Retinal Pigments - physiology | Animals | Ultraviolet Rays | Color Vision - physiology | Female | Spiders - physiology | Spiders | Cells
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12. Full Text Spider Physiology and Behaviour : Physiology
by Casas, Jérôme and Casas, Jerome
10/2011, ISBN 9780123876683, 239
This latest volume in this series contains articles on Arachnid Physiology and Behaviour. The papers in this special issue give rise to key themes for the... 
Spiders | Physiology | Behavior
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13. Full Text Network bursts in hippocampal microcultures are terminated by exhaustion of vesicle pools
by Cohen, Dror and Segal, Menahem
Journal of Neurophysiology, ISSN 0022-3077, 11/2011, Volume 106, Issue 5, pp. 2314 - 2321
Cohen D, Segal M. Network bursts in hippocampal microcultures are terminated by exhaustion of vesicle pools. J Neurophysiol 106: 2314-2321, 2011. First... 
Small-scale networks | Release pools | Vesicle depletion | DEPRESSION | PHYSIOLOGY | NEURONAL NETWORKS | MEMBRANE | REVERBERATORY ACTIVITY | MECHANISMS | CULTURE | NEUROSCIENCES | TRANSMITTER RELEASE | ALPHA-LATROTOXIN | small-scale networks | SYNAPSES | release pools | vesicle depletion | CALCIUM | Rats, Wistar | Calcium - metabolism | Primary Cell Culture - methods | Rats | Neurons - cytology | Sodium Channels - physiology | Spider Venoms - pharmacology | Hippocampus - cytology | Potassium - pharmacology | Nerve Net - physiology | Nerve Net - cytology | Action Potentials - physiology | Pregnancy | Neural Inhibition - physiology | Patch-Clamp Techniques | Animals | Neurons - physiology | Synaptic Vesicles - drug effects | Female | Hippocampus - physiology | Synaptic Vesicles - physiology | Action Potentials - drug effects | Receptors, Glutamate - physiology
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14. Full Text Treatment of erectile dysfunction: New targets and strategies from recent research
by Decaluwé, K and Pauwels, B and Boydens, C and Van de Voorde, J
Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, ISSN 0091-3057, 06/2014, Volume 121, pp. 146 - 157
In recent years, research on penile erection has increasingly been centered on the molecular mechanisms involved. Major progress has been made in the field and... 
Erectile dysfunction | Innovative therapies | Nitric oxide | Cyclic GMP | Corpora cavernosa | GUANOSINE-MONOPHOSPHATE PATHWAY | NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE | HUMAN CORPUS CAVERNOSUM | CAVERNOUS NERVE INJURY | PHONEUTRIA-NIGRIVENTER SPIDER | SOLUBLE GUANYLATE-CYCLASE | NEUROSCIENCES | MESENCHYMAL STEM-CELLS | INDUCED DIABETIC-RATS | BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY | SMOOTH-MUSCLE-CELLS | ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH-FACTOR | Hydrogen Sulfide - metabolism | Cyclic GMP - physiology | Erectile Dysfunction - physiopathology | Signal Transduction | Humans | Male | Nitric Oxide - physiology | Receptors, Endothelin - physiology | rhoA GTP-Binding Protein - physiology | Regenerative Medicine | Urotensins - physiology | Receptors, Angiotensin - physiology | Cyclic AMP - physiology | Stem Cell Transplantation | Vasoconstriction - physiology | Complementary Therapies | Erectile Dysfunction - therapy | Receptors, Adrenergic - physiology | Vasodilation - physiology | Tissue Engineering | Proteins | Impotence | Care and treatment
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