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| Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Olfaction | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Olfactory Repertoire | |
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| An Evolutionary Assessment of the Function of the Nasal Cavity | |
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| Olfactory Sensory Neurons | |
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| The Olfactory Bulb | |
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| Central Processing of Olfactory Signals | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| References | |
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| Gustation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Structural Organization | |
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| Functional Properties | |
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| Gustatory Behaviors | |
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| Conclusions and Prospects | |
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| References | |
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| Branchial Chemoreceptor Regulation of Cardiorespiratory Function | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Cardiorespiratory Responses | |
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| Chemoreceptors | |
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| Central Integration and Efferent Pathways | |
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| Conclusions and Future Directions | |
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| References | |
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| Nociception | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Neural Apparatus | |
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| Central Nervous System | |
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| Moleculer Markers of Nociception | |
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| Whole Animal Responses | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Visual Sensitivity and Signal Processing in Teleosts | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Characteristics of the Visual System | |
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| Absolute Visual Sensitivity | |
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| Circadian Regulation of Visual Sensitivity | |
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| Chemosensory Modulation of Visual Sensitivity | |
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| Inherited and Acquired Impairments of Visual Sensitivity | |
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| Contrast Visual Sensitivity | |
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| Spectral Visual Sensitivity | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Molecular and Cellular Regulation of Pineal Organ Responses | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Functional Organization of the Pineal | |
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| The Fish Pineal Organ: A Light Sensor | |
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| The Fish Pineal Organ: A Melatonin Factory | |
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| Intracellular Regulation of Arylalkylamine N-Acetyltransferase 2 | |
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| Photoperiodic Versus Circadian Control Melatonin Production | |
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| Nonphotic Regulation of Pineal Organ Output Signals | |
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| Conclusions and Perspectives | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| References | |
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| Electroreception: Object Recognition in African Weakly Electric Fish | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fish Electrogenesis | |
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| Fish Electroreception | |
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| Passive Electrolocation | |
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| Production of Electric Signals | |
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| Active Electrolocation | |
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| References | |
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| Magnetoreception | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Introduction to Magnetic Field Stimuli | |
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| How Can Magnetic Fields Be Detected? | |
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| Structure of Candidate Magnetite-Based Magnetoreceptors | |
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| Behavioral Responses to Magnetic Fields in the Laboratory | |
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| Neural Responses to Magnetic Fields in the Laboratory | |
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| Neuroanatomy | |
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| Use of the Magnetic Sense in Navigation | |
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| What is Known About the Navigational Abilities of Fish? | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| References | |
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| Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Audition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Behavioral Studies of Audition | |
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| Peripheral and Central Auditory Pathways | |
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| Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Audition | |
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| Auditory Lateral Line Integration | |
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| Vocal Modulation of Inner Ear and Lateral Line | |
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| Steroid Hormones and Seasonal Changes in Hearing | |
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| Future Directions | |
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| References | |
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| The Lateral Line System of Fish | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Lateral Line Periphery | |
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| Central Physiology | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Neuromodulatory Functions of Terminal Nerve-GnRH Neurons | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Electrophysiological and Morphological Features of Single TN-GnRH Neurons Revealed by Intracellular Recording and Labeling | |
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| GnRH Release Demonstrated by RIA | |
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| Pacemaker Mechanism of TN-GnRH Neurons | |
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| Modulation of Pacemaker Frequencies of TN-GnRH Neurons by GnRH | |
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| Autocrine/Paracrine Control of TN-GnRH Neuron Pacemaker Frequencies by GnRH | |
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| Cellular Mechanisms of Modulation of Pacemaker Frequencies by GnRH | |
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| Multimodal Sensory Inputs to TN-GnRH System | |
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| Neuromodulatory Action of GnRH Peptides | |
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| Distribution of GnRH Receptors in the Brain | |
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| Nonsynaptic Release of GnRH | |
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| Modulation of Neural Functions by GnRH | |
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| Behavioral Functions of TN-GnRH System | |
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| Working Hypothesis | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| Other Volumes in the Series | |