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Information Processing in the Visual Systems of Arthropods

Symposium Held at the Department of Zoology, University of Zurich, March 6–9, 1972

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  1. Rüdiger Wehner

    1. Zoologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Opening Remark

    1. Opening Remark

      • Rüdiger Wehner
      Pages 1-2

  3. Anatomy of the Visual System

    1. Periodic Structures and Structural Gradients in the Visual Ganglia of the Fly

      • V. Braitenberg
      Pages 3-15

    2. Synaptology of the Lamina ganglionaris in the Fly

      • C. B. Boschek
      Pages 17-22

    3. Some Interrelationships between the First and Second Synaptic Regions of the Fly’s (Musca domestica L.) Visual System

      • N. J. Strausfeld, J. A. Campos-Ortega
      Pages 23-30

    4. Columns and Layers in the Second Synaptic Region of the Fly’s Visual System: The Case for Two Superimposed Neuronal Architectures

      • J. A. Campos-Ortega, N. J. Strausfeld
      Pages 31-36

    5. The Fine Structure of the Compound Eye of Formica polyctena — Functional Morphology of a Hymenopterean Eye

      • R. Menzel
      Pages 37-47

    6. Measurements on the Arrangement of Ommatidial Structures in the Retina of Cataglyphis bicolor (Formicidae, Hymenoptera)

      • P. L. Herrling
      Pages 49-53

    7. The Ultrastructure of the Photosensible Elements in the Eyes of Collembola and Their Orientation (Insecta)

      • H. F. Paulus
      Pages 55-59

  5. Biochemistry of Visual Pigments

    1. Photoreconversion of Invertebrate Visual Pigments

      • K. Hamdorf, R. Paulsen, J. Schwemer, U. Taeuber
      Pages 97-108

    2. Metarhodopsin in Single Rhabdomeres of the Fly, Calliphora erythrocephala

      • H. Langer
      Pages 109-113
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It is now generally accepted for a variety of reasons - morphological as well as physiologica- that the visual systems of arthropods provide a suitable model for the study of information proces­ sing in neuronal networks. Unlike the neurophysiology of the visual pathway in the frog and the cat which is more than adequately documented, recent work on the compound eye and optical ganglia of spiders, crustaceans, and insects has scarcely been summarized. In order to fill this void so that others, especially vertebrate neurophysiologists may become familiar with the advan­ tages of these systems, our group at Zurich University organized here in March 1972, a European meeting to discuss the anatomical. ! neurophysiological and behavioral knowledge on the compound eye and the visual. pathway of arthropods. Systems analysis was regarded as the main theme of the conference, but systems analysis of a network of neurons cannot be done as a mere "black-box" maneuver. The conference therefore tried to reconcile neurophysiology and behavioral analysis in order to make predictions about a necessary and sufficient neural structure. The "wiring dia­ grams" of such a structure might then be confirmed histologically. Hence the aim of the conferen­ ce was not to deal only with the structure and function of the compound eye - i. e.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Zoologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Rüdiger Wehner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Information Processing in the Visual Systems of Arthropods

  • Book Subtitle: Symposium Held at the Department of Zoology, University of Zurich, March 6–9, 1972

  • Editors: Rüdiger Wehner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65477-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-06020-8Published: 14 December 1972

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-65477-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 336

  • Topics: Invertebrates, Biomedicine general

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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