From Structure to Information in Sensory Systems

The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

• Preface

• INTRODUCTORY LECTURE

  • The role of the chemical senses and specific chemicals in controlling different facets of the behavior of aquatic animals

• CHEMORECEPTIVE SYSTEMS AND CHEMOTRANSDUCTIVE PROCESSES

  • Receptor and perireceptor components of chemosensory systems

  • Olfaction: from receptor genes to information processing: I. Molecular recognition and transduction

  • Olfaction: from receptor genes to information processing: II. Genomic organisation in the olfactory system

  • Transduction and adaptation in olfactory sensory neurons

  • Olfactory transduction in moths: I. Generation of receptor potentials and nerve impulses

  • Olfactory transduction in moths: II. Extracellular transport, deactivation and degradation of stimulus molecules

  • The accessory olfactory system

  • Signal transduction molecules in the vomeronasal organ of mammals

  • Pheromone-induced behavioural changes in the ciliate Euplotes octocarinatus

  • Hydra feeding response: Effects of GABA, peptides and polyunsatured fatty acids

  • Avoidance response in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

  • Native channels directly activated by cGMP or cAMP in sensory receptor cells

• MECHANORECEPTIVE SYSTEMS AND MECHANOTRANSDUCTIVE PROCESSES

  • Mechano-sensorimotor organization in the ciliate cell: Basics

  • The dealing with gravity at the unicellular level: Concepts and data

  • Mechanisms of mechanoreception: The place of a small organism in the big picture

  • The supra-molecular basis of mechanoelectric transduction studied in concentric hair bundles of Invertebrates

  • Modulation of the output of a mechanosensory cell by chemosensory and synaptic inputs

  • Signal encoding in spider slit-sense organ mechanoreceptor neurons

  • Mechanical signal conditioning in the cochlea: Linear processes

  • Mechanical signal conditioning in the cochlea: Nonlinear processes

• PHOTORECEPTIVE SYSTEMS AND PHOTOTRANSDUCTIVE PROCESSES

  • Photophobic responses in Stentor and Blepharisma from an electrophysiological perspective

  • Visual excitation mechanisms in rhabdomeric photoreceptors: Multiple light-dependent channels, ion permeation and gating

  • Bridging the gap between Vertebrate and Invertebrate phototransduction: The light-activated conductance in molluscan hyperpolarizing photoreceptors

  • Depolarizing and hyperpolarizing receptor potentials of the molluscan extra-ocular photoreceptor cells

  • Cyclic GMP-activated K⁺ channels of the molluscan extra-ocular photoreceptor cells

  • The light-evoked cytosolic calcium signal of the ventral nerve photoreceptor of Limulus

  • Properties of the light-sensitive channels in Drosophila photoreceptors

  • Excitation in Drosophila photoreceptors: The role of Ca²⁺

  • Optimizing the flow of information by early visual processing

  • Processing of visual information in the fruitfly Drosophila: I. Sensory maps for the control of course and altitude

  • Processing of visual information in the fruitfly Drosophila: II. Adaptation and experience improve the efficiency of search

  • Structural clues and functional riddles in Vertebrate and Invertebrate photoreceptor cells

  • The photosensory transduction in Halobacterium salinarium: An overview of behavioural and biophysical data

  • Identification of a rhodopsin-like gene sequence in the ciliate Fabrea salina

  • Possible role of four types of cell organelles in phototactic orientation of ciliates

  • Compound and cellular bioelectrical activity and the dermal photosensivity of Hydra

  • Neuronal color coding in the honeybee

  • Physiological modeling of temporal properties of the neuronal color coding system in the honeybee

  • Quantification of Ca²⁺-influx during flash responses in blowfly photoreceptors derived from membrane potential measurements and a biophysical photoreceptor model

  • Is the pupil mechanism of fly photoreceptors a useful calcium probe?

  • Structure and activation of cloned cyclic nucleotide gated channels involved in visual and olfactory transduction

  • Activity in the frontal organ of the frog correlated to the seasonal illumination level

• PARTICIPANTS

  • List of Participants