A major challenge in current neuroscience is to understand the concerted functioning of
distinct neurons involved in a particular behavior. This goal first requires achieving an …

The bistratified lobula giant type 1 (BLG1) neuron is an identified looming-sensitive neuron
in crab's visual brain that demonstrates special sensitivity to diving targets, or descending …

Introduction Neohelice granulata crabs live in mudflats where they prey upon smaller crabs.
Predatory behavior can be elicited in the laboratory by a dummy moving at ground level in …

The visual neuropils (lamina, medulla, and lobula complex) of malacostracan crustaceans
and hexapods have many organizational principles, cell types, and functional properties in …

So far, there is no evidence of columnar orientation preference maps in rodent primary
visual cortex, such as commonly observed in carnivores and primates. Nevertheless …

For any prey animal, avoiding and fleeing from predators is one of the most important tasks
in the key to survival. In order to avoid predation, a prey on detecting the predator must make …

It is well established that aquatic animals inform their neighbours of predation risk through
chemical cues. In this thesis, I tested the hypothesis that stress propagation is a widespread …

Studies on pH stress in marine animals typically focus on direct or species-specific aspects.
We here test the hypothesis that a drop to pH= 7.6 indirectly affects the intra-and interspecific …

La visión de movimiento provee claves esenciales para una gran variedad de
comportamientos. En particular, la detección de movimiento permite obtener información …

Manganese is a prominent heavy metal within the earth's crust and a micro mineral essential
for biological function, however, high level exposure may lead to neurological defects …