Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in the insect visual system

DR Nässel - Progress in neurobiology, 1991 - Elsevier
5.2. 2. Glutamate 5.2. 3. Taurine 5.3. Biogenic amines 5.3. 1. Serotonin and serotonin-
immunoreactive neurons in the visual system 5.3. 2. Dopamine and dopamine …

Organization of optic lobes that support motion detection in a semiterrestrial crab

J Sztarker, NJ Strausfeld… - Journal of Comparative …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
There is a mismatch between the documentation of the visually guided behaviors and visual
physiology of decapods (Malacostraca, Crustacea) and knowledge about the neural …

Polarization analysis in the crayfish visual system

RM Glantz - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2001 - journals.biologists.com
It is proposed that polarization sensitivity at the most peripheral stages of the crayfish visual
system (lamina ganglionaris and medulla externa) is used to enhance contrast and thus may …

Crayfish brain interneurons that converge with serotonin giant cells in accessory lobe glomeruli

D Sandeman, B Beltz… - Journal of Comparative …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater crayfish have well‐developed olfactory systems with an array of receptors that
project exclusively to areas in the brain that are functionally specialized for the processing of …

Identification of individual neurons reflecting short-and long-term visual memory in an arthropodo

D Tomsic, MB de Astrada, J Sztarker - Journal of Neuroscience, 2003 - Soc Neuroscience
Ideally, learning-related changes should be investigated while they occur in vivo, but
physical accessibility and stability limit intracellular studies. Experiments with insects and …

Physiology and morphology of visual movement detector neurons in a crab (Decapoda: Brachyura)

M Berón de Astrada, D Tomsic - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2002 - Springer
Although visually elicited behaviors have been extensively studied in crabs, their
investigation at the neurophysiological level is scant. The present study is a physiological …

Correlation between the receptive fields of locust interneurons, their dendritic morphology, and the central projections of mechanosensory neurons

M Burrows, PL Newland - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
The relationships between the morphology and receptive fields of local and intersegmental
interneurons that process mechanosensory information from a hindleg of the locust have …

Visual interneurons of the crab Chasmagnathus studied by intracellular recordings in vivo

M Berón de Astrada, J Sztarker, D Tomsic - Journal of Comparative …, 2001 - Springer
Comparative physiology of visual systems has become an important field of investigation.
However, despite the fact that Crustacea represents a major phylogenetic group, research …

An arthropod NMDA receptor

C Pfeiffer‐Linn, RM Glantz - Synapse, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Identified crayfish visual interneurons respond to illumination with a compound EPSP of up
to 40 mV. L‐gultamate, quisqualate, and kainate mimic the depolarizing action of the natural …

The functional organization of the crayfish lamina ganglionaris: I. Nonspiking monopolar cells

LT Wang-Bennett, RM Glantz - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 1987 - Springer
The light responses of the second order lamina monopolar neurons were examined in the
crayfish compound eye. 1. Single cartridge monopolar neurons (M 1–M 4)(Fig. 2) exhibited …