| who | when | subject | student presenting | paper to read |
| Wulfi | Aug. 28 | Introduction:Arthropod sense organs - nervous system- behavior | none | none |
| Wulfi | Sept. 4 | Optomotor behavior and motion detection | Dacks, Andrew |
Olberg RM, Worthington AH, Venator KR (2000) Prey pursuit and interception in dragonflies. J Comp Physiol A 186:155-162. pdf-file Frye MA, Olberg RM (1995) Visual receptive field properties of feature detecting neurons in the dragonfly. J Comp Physiol 177:569-576. pdf-file |
| Birgit | Sept. 11 |
Eye design and photo receptors
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Kenyon, Sarah | Land MF, Gibson G, Horwood J, Zeil J. 1999. Fundamental differences in the optical structure of the eyes of nocturnal and diurnal mosquitos. J comp Physiol A 185. 91-103. pdf-file |
| Glennis | Sept. 18 | Color and polarization vision | Kim, Susy |
Chiao C-C, Cronin TW, Marshall NJ. 2000. Eye design and color signaling in a stomatopod crustacean Gonodactylus smithii. Brain Behav Evol 56:107-122. pdf-file |
| Glennis | Sept. 25 | Olfactory behavior and chemoreceptors | Pereira, Janice | Park SK. et al. (2002) Inactivation of olfactory sensilla of a single morphological type differentially affects the response of Drosophila to odors. J Neurobiol 51(3): 248-260. pdf-file |
| Wulfi | Oct. 2 | Olfaction: central processing | Bumanglag, Argyle |
Müller D, Abel R, Brandt R, Zöckler M, Menzel R (2002) Differential parallel processing of olfactory information in the honeybee, Apis mellifera. J Comp Physiol A 188: 359-370. pdf-file |
| Glennis | Oct. 9 | Mechanoreception | Hudson, Jeff | Friedel T, Barth FG (1997) Wind-sensitive interneurones
in the spider CNS (Cupiennius salei): directional information processing
of sensory inputs from trichobothria on the walking legs. J comp Physiol
A 180(3):223-233. pdf-file |
| Birgit | Oct. 16 | Phonotaxis and auditory processing | Klein, Barrett | Mason AC, Oshinsky ML, Hoy RR. 2001.
Hyperacute directional hearing in a microscale auditory system. Nature 410:686-690. pdf-file |
| Wulfi | Oct. 23 | Thermoreception | Galeano, Belinda |
Schmitz H, Bleckmann H (1998) The photomechanic infrared receptor for the detection of forest fires in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). J Comp Physiol A 182: 647-657.pdf-file |
| Wulfi | Oct. 30 | Fast sensory-motor reflexes | Jackson, Taryn |
Gronenberg W (1995) The fast mandible strike
in the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus: I. Temporal properties and morphological
characteristics. J Comp Physiol 176: 391-398. pdf-file
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| Birgit | Nov. 6 | Pattern generation: walking | Spitler, Kevin | Johnston RM, Levine RB (1996). Locomotory behavior in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta: kinematic and electromyographic analyses of the thoracic legs in larvae and adults. J exp Biol 199:759-774. pdf file |
| Wulfi | Nov. 13 | Flight control | Lent, David |
Frye MA(2001) Encoding properties of the wing hinge stretch
receptor in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta. pdf-file
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| Glennis | Nov. 20 | Neuromodulation | Planvsky, Ana | Gammie SC,
Truman JW (1997). Neuropeptide Hierarchies and the Activation of Sequential
Motor Behaviors. in the Hawkmoth, Manduca sexta. J Neurosci 17(11):4389–4397.
pdf-file |
| Birgit |
Nov. 25 |
Development and behavioral plasticity | Spokony, Rebecca | Yeh SR, Musolf BE, Edwards DH (1997)
Neuronal adaptations to changes in the social dominance status of crayfish.
J. Neurosci. 17(2): 697-708. pdf-file |
| Glennis | Dec. 4 | Learning and memory: behavior and brain structures | Cziko, Annemarie | Hammer, Menzel (1998) Multiple Sites
of Associative Odor Learning as Revealed by Local Brain microinjections
of Octopamine in Honeybees. Learn&Mem 5:146–156. pdf-file |
| Birgit | Dec. 11 | Learning and memory: circuits and molecules | Gates, Donald | Müller
U (1996) Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthase Impairs a Distinct Form of
Long-Term Memory in the Honeybee, Apis mellifera. Neuron 16, 541–549. pdf-file |