Behavioral neurobiology : an integrative approach / Günther K.H. Zupanc ; foreword by Theodore H. Bullock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zupanc, Günther K. H. (Günther Karl-Heinz), 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Comparative neurobiology.

Behavior, Animal.

Neurobiology.

Medical Subjects:

Behavior, Animal.

Neurobiology.

Physical Description:

xviii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Contents:

Neuroethology: the synthesis of neurobiology and ethology 2

Choosing the right level of simplicity 3

Quantifying behavior: a prerequisite for neuroethological research 5

Finding the right model system 6

2 The study of animal behavior: a brief history 11

The roots of the study of animal behavior 12

Aristotle and the Middle Ages 12

Mind-body dualism 13

The new era in the study of animal behavior 14

Evolutionary theory and comparative approaches 14

Experimental and objective approaches 14

The rise of ethology 16

Mechanistic schools 18

Relating neuronal activity to behavior: the establishment of neuroethology 24

The beginnings 24

The breakthroughs 29

The future 30

3 The tools and concepts of behavioral neurobiology 35

Neurobiology: basic concepts and experimental approaches 35

Cell theory versus reticular theory 35

Neurons and nervous systems 36

Synapses 37

Resting potential 39

Generation of action potentials 43

Conduction of action potentials 44

Synaptic potentials and synaptic transmitters 46

Sensory systems 49

Elucidation of neuronal connections 51

Localization of tissue constituents 53

Immunohistochemistry 54

In situ hybridization 56

Selective elimination of cells 58

Ethology: basic concepts and experimental approaches 59

Sign stimuli and releasing mechanisms 59

Supernormal stimuli 60

Law of heterogenous summation 62

Gestalt principle 64

Importance of condition of recipient 65

Motivational effect of releaser 67

Communication 67

4 Spatial orientation and sensory guidance 79

Classification of orienting movements 80

Orienting behavior without a nervous system 81

Cellular mechanisms of taxis behavior in paramecians 83

Phobotaxis 84

Galvanotaxis 85

Geotaxis in vertebrates 88

Effective physiological stimulus 90

Physiological properties of hair cells 91

Transduction mechanism 93

Echolocation in bats 94

The beginnings of echolocation research 95

Classification of bat ultrasound 96

FM signals: distance estimation 98

CF signals: Doppler shift analysis 100

Adaptations of the auditory system 103

Counter sonics: the prey's adaptations 105

5 Neuronal control of motor output: swimming in toad tadpoles 111

The behavior 112

A physiological approach to study swimming behavior 113

The spinal circuitry controlling swimming 115

Operation of the swimming circuitry 117

Coordination of oscillator activity along the spinal cord 118

6 Neuronal processing of sensory information 121

Recognition of prey and predators in the toad 122

The model system 122

The natural behavior 123

Dummy experiments 124

In search of feature detectors 127

The visual system 128

Recording experiments 129

Stimulation experiments 131

Connections with other brain regions 131

Directional localization of sound in the barn owl 132

The behavior 132

Experimental approach 134

Accuracy of orientation response 136

Physical parameters of sound involved in head orientation 137

The cochlear nucleus: parallel processing of time and intensity information 142

The laminar nucleus: computation of interaural time differences 144

The posterior lateral nucleus: computation of interaural intensity differences 146

The lateral shell: convergence of timing and intensity information 148

External nucleus: formation of a map of auditory space 148

The final step in sensory processing: formation of an auditory-visual map 149

7 Sensorimotor integration: the jamming avoidance response of the weakly electric fish, Eigenmannia 155

The system and its components 157

Electric organs and electroreceptors 157

Electrolocation 159

The jamming avoidance response 161

Behavioral experiments 161

Determination of the sign of the frequency difference without internal reference 161

Behavioral rules governing the jamming avoidance response 164

Neuronal implementation 169

Electrosensory processing I: electroreceptors 169

Electrosensory processing II: electrosensory lateral line lobe 170

Electrosensory processing III: torus semicircularis 173

Electrosensory processing IV: nucleus electrosensorius 174

Motor control 174

Reflections on the evolution of the jamming avoidance response 176

8 Neuromodulation: the accommodation of motivational changes in behavior 181

Neuronal plasticity as the basis of motivational changes in behavior 183

Structural reorganization 183

Dendritic plasticity: seasonal changes in chirping behavior of weakly electric knifefish 184

Seasonal variation in dendritic morphology of motoneurons in white-footed mice 188

Structural reorganization mediated by glial cells 191

When to use 'structural reorganization'? 192

Biochemical switching 192

Modulation of the stomatogastric ganglion 192

Modulation of crayfish aggressive behavior 195

Modulation of the modulators 196

What makes modulators suitable for neuromodulation? 196

When to use 'biochemical switching'? 197

9 Large-scale navigation: migration and homing 201

Modes of migration 202

Genetic control of migratory behavior 205

Homing 207

Approaches to study animal migration and homing 208

Mechanisms of long-distance orientation in birds 209

Sun compass 210

Star compass 212

Magnetic compass and maps 215

Olfactory navigation in homing pigeons 224

Homing in salmon 225

Life cycle of salmon 225

Precision of homing 228

Transplantation experiments 228

The olfactory imprinting hypothesis 228

Laboratory experiments 231

Imprinting to artificial substances 231

Ultrasonic tracking 233

Hormonal regulation of olfactory imprinting 234

The model 236

Possible neuronal mechanisms of olfactory imprinting 236

Open sea navigation: sun-compass orientation 237

Open sea navigation: magnetoreception 237

Orientation in sea turtles 239

Life cycle of sea turtles 239

Orientation on the beach 240

Magnetic orientation 241

Orientation on land 242

Waves as an orientation cue 242

10 Communication: the neuroethology of cricket song 251

Biophysics of cricket songs 253

Mechanism of sound production 253

Neural control of sound production 255

Behavioral analysis of auditory communication 256

Perception of auditory signals 259

Song recognition by auditory interneurons 262

Temperature coupling 265

The problem 265

The songs 266

Effect of temperature on calling song 266

Effect of temperature on calling song recognition 268

Genetic coupling in cricket song communication 269

11 Cellular mechanisms of learning and memory 277

Explicit and implicit memory systems 278

The cell biology of an implicit memory system: sensitization in Aplysia 280

Why Aplysia? 282

The gill-withdrawal reflex 282

Neural circuit of the gill-withdrawal reflex 283

Molecular biology of short-term sensitization 285

Molecular biology of long-term sensitization 286

The cell biology of an explicit memory system: the hippocampus of mammals 289

Nonhuman models to study explicit memory 290

The structure of the hippocampus 291

Place cells in the hippocampus 292

Long-term potentiation 293

Molecular biology of LTP in the mammalian hippocampus 294

New neurons for new memories 296

Adult neurogenesis and memory formation in the hippocampus of rodents 296

Adult neurogenesis and spatial learning in the avian hippocampus 300.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-313) and index.

ISBN:

0198700563

OCLC:

52830456