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Neurobiology of Sensory Systems

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Editors:
  1. R. Naresh Singh

    1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India

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  2. Nicholas J. Strausfeld

    1. The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. VISION: Physiology, Functional Organization, Behavior and Developmental Models

    1. Primitive Vision Based on Sensing Change

      • G. A. Horridge
      Pages 1-16

    2. Pupil Control in Compound Eyes: More Than One Mechanism in Moths

      • D.-E. Nilsson, I. Henrekson, A.-C. Järemo
      Pages 17-22

    3. Early Visual Processing in the Compound Eye: Physiology and Pharmacology of the Retina-Lamina Projection in the Fly

      • Roger Hardie, Simon Laughlin, Daniel Osorio
      Pages 23-42

    4. Analysis of Sensory Spike Trains

      • Hiroko M. Sakai
      Pages 43-51

    5. Signal Coding and Sensory Processing in the Peripheral Retina of the Compound Eye

      • Matti Järvilehto, Matti Weckström, Eero Kouvalainen
      Pages 53-70

    6. Dynamics of Second-Order Neurons of Cockroach Ocelli

      • Makoto Mizunami
      Pages 71-84

    7. Processing of Movement Information in the Fly’s Landing System: A Behavioral Analysis

      • Alexander Borst, Susanne Bahde
      Pages 85-95

    8. Motion Sensitivity in Insect Vision: Roles and Neural Mechanisms

      • M. V. Srinivasan
      Pages 97-106

    9. Response Behaviour of Elementary Movement Detectors in the Visual System of the Blowfly

      • R. Bult, F. H. Schuling, H. A. K. Mastebroek
      Pages 107-122

    10. Spatial Vision in a Flat World: Optical and Neural Adaptations in Arthropods

      • Jochen Zeil, Gerbera Nalbach, Hans-Ortwin Nalbach
      Pages 123-137

    11. Search and Choice in Drosophila

      • Karl G. Goetz
      Pages 139-153

    12. The Evolution of the Tiered Principal Retinae of Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)

      • A. David Blest, David O’Carroll
      Pages 155-170

    13. Developmental Studies on the Optic Lobe of Drosophila Melanogaster Using Structural Brain Mutants

      • K.-F. Fischbach, F. Barleben, U. Boschert, A. P. M. Dittrich, B. Gschwander, B. Houbé et al.
      Pages 171-194

    14. Developmental, Genetic and Molecular Analyses of Lethal(1)Ogre, a Locus Affecting the Postembryonic Development of the Nervous System in Drosophila Melanogaster

      • Douglas R. Kankel, Toshiki Watanabe, R. Naresh Singh, Kusum Singh
      Pages 195-201

    15. Development and Fine Structure of the Nervous System of Lethal(1)Optic Ganglion Reduced Visual Mutants of Drosophila Melanogaster

      • R. Naresh Singh, Kusum Singh, Douglas R. Kankel
      Pages 203-218

    16. Critical Developmental Phases in the Ontogeny of Human Lateral Geniculate Nucleus During Prenatal Life

      • Shashi Wadhwa, Veena Bijlani
      Pages 219-229

    17. In Oculo Differentiation of Embryonic Neocortex into Retina in Adult Rat

      • Gomathy Gopinath, Ashok Kumar Shetty, Ranjita Banerjee, P. N. Tandon
      Pages 231-239

    18. Axonal Outgrowth and Process Placement of Sensory Lumbar Neurons in the Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans

      • Shahid S. Siddiqui
      Pages 241-265

    19. Recent Progress in the Identification of Neurotransmitters used by Vertebrate and Invertebrate Photoreceptors

      • P. Vijay Sarthy
      Pages 267-273
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The traveller to India is urged to visit that country's western shore with the Arabian Sea where, about 300 miles to the south of Bombay, an exceedingly lovely coast reaches the peak of its harmony at the erstwhile Portuguese enclave of Goa. The ambience of this alluring province is an exquisite balance of palm trees and rice fields, aged colonial homes -many still elegant and brightly painted -slowly being swallowed up by the exuberant tropical vegetation, incredible blossoms, colorful and courteous people and, deeper inland, some splendid examples of 17th and 18th century Portuguese ecclesiastical architecture. A feast for the eyes by day, and in the evening enough fresh fish and other good food to satisfy the most demanding gourmet. This was the paradisiacal setting for the first International Conference on the Neural Organization of Sensory Systems (ICONOSS for short), sponsored jointly by the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research at Bombay, the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India, and the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India. About 100 participants were pleasantly confined at Fort Aguada, a resort cunningly built amongst the ruins of an old Portuguese fort. The conference program achieved an international flavor, recruiting scientists from many nations: India (naturally), Australia, Britain, Canada, Germany, Finland, France, Hungary, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States of America. The subjects discussed were as diverse as the countries represented.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India

    R. Naresh Singh

  • The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Nicholas J. Strausfeld

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neurobiology of Sensory Systems

  • Editors: R. Naresh Singh, Nicholas J. Strausfeld

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2519-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43377-1Published: 01 January 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-2521-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-2519-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 620

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Neurobiology

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