Table of Contents

I. Evolution, History, and Maintenance.- 1 Evolution and Intelligence of the Cephalopods.- 2 Natural History and Collection.- 3 Lol-i-go and Far Away: A Consideration of the Establishment of the Species Designation Loligo pealei.- 4 Maintenance, Rearing, and Culture of Teuthoid and Sepioid Squids.- II. Mating Behavior and Embryology.- 5 Squid Mating Behavior.- 6 Embryonic Development of the Squid.- III. Neural Membranes.- 7 Electrophysiology and Biophysics of the Squid Giant Axon.- 8 Internal Dialysis in the Squid Giant Axon.- 9 The Cut-Open Axon Technique.- 10 Optical Measurements on Squid Axons.- 11 The Preparation of the Squid Giant Synapse for Electrophysiological Investigation.- IV. Cell Biology.- 12 Tissue Culture of Squid Neurons, Glia, and Muscle Cells.- 13 Squid Optic Lobe Synaptosomes: Structure and Function of Isolated Synapses.- 14 The Cytoskeleton of the Squid Giant Axon.- 15 Studying Axoplasmic Transport by Video Microscopy and Using the Squid Giant Axon as a Model System.- 16 Lipid Metabolism In The Squid Nervous System.- V. Sensory Systems.- 17 Structure and Function of the Squid Eye.- 18 Development of the Squid’s Visual System.- 19 The Statocysts of Squid.- VI. Integrated Systems.- 20 Gas Transport in the Blood.- 21 An Organophosphorus Detoxifying Enzyme Unique to Squid.- 22 Squid as Elite Athletes: Locomotory, Respiratory, and Circulatory Integration.