Workshop on the Evolution of the First Nervous Systems--    St. Andrews, Scotland: July 1989
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A workshop will be held to present and discuss data relevant to                 the question of how early nervous systems evolved.  Specialists                 in various disciplines working with a range of primitive                        organisms will attend.  Three major areas of the nervous system                 will be examined.  (1) Excitability--the presence and properties                of voltage-gated ion channels.  (2) Intercellular communication--               the methods used by cells to communicate with one another.                      Intercellular communication in very primitive organisms may be                  the forerunner of synaptic transmission in higher nervous                       systems.  (3) Sensory transduction--the ability of cells and, in                higher animals, specialized sensory receptors to transduce                      environmental stimuli into useful cellular events.  The workshop                will last 4 days and consist of talks by invited experts, poster                sessions for presentations by other participants and organized                  discussions "lead" by recognized experts.
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