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In article <1992Jul28.233010.11281@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> rwmurphr@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert W Murphree) writes:
>I'm still waiting for the arthropod neurology textbook:
>
>   "Everything you need to know about insect brains and locomotion to
>     be a mobile roboticist"

From what I can tell, there is a great deal more a) interest in, b)
money for, and c) literature about mammalian nervous systems than
insect nervous systems. 

For instance, a recent issue of Neuroscience lists I think 2 or 3
articles dealing with insects, out of about 20 total.  The rest are
pretty much devoted to mammals (rats and cats, normally).  I haven't
actually done article counts in other journals like Brain or J.
Comparative Neurology, but at least in my wanderings, the majority
seem to be devoted to mammalian CNS. This isn't surprising, since
human neurological disorders are probably better studied through
mammals than through insects.
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