Additional Readings on Different Topics

General Neuroethology

• Konishi M, Menzel R (2003) Neurobiology of behaviour. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 13: 707-709 Article Full Text PDF (68 kB)

Prey locatization in owls:

• Konishi M (2000) Study of sound localization by owls and its relevance to humans. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 126(4): 459-469 Article Full Text PDF (640 kB)
• Köppl G, Manley A, Konishi M (2000) Auditory processing in birds. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 10: 474-481 Article Full Text PDF (104 kB)
• Takahashi Y, Konishi M (2000) Manipulation of inhibition in the owl's nucleus laminaris and its effects on optic tectum neurons. Neuroscience 111(2): 373-378 Article Full Text PDF (196 kB)

Learning in Aplysia:

• Research paper: Castellucci, Carew T, Kandel E (1978) Cellular analysis of long-term habituation of the gill-withdrawal reflex of Aplysia californica. Science 202: 1306-1308
• Research paper: Greenberg, Castellucci, Bayley, Schwartz (1987) A molecular mechanism for long-term sensitization in Aplysia. Nature 329: 62-65.
• Review paper: Kandel ER (1995) The Molecular Biology of Memory Storage: A Dialog Between Genes and Synapses. Bioscience Reports 21: 565-611 Article Full Text PDF (524 kB)
• Discussion paper: Glanzman DL (1995) The cellular basis of classical conditioningin Aplysia californicus - it's less simple than you think. TINS 18: 30-36 Article Full Text PDF (876 kB)

Drosophila learning mutants:

• Tully T, Quinn WG (1985) Classical conditioning and retention in normal and mutant Drosophila melanogaster. J.Comp.Physiol. A 157: 263-277.
• DeZazzo J, Tully T (1995) Dissection of memory formation:from behavioral pharmacology to molecular genetics. TINS 18: 212-218.
• Feany MB, Quinn WG (1995) A neuropeptide gene defined by the Drosphila memory mutant amnesiac. Science 268: 869-873.

Bird Song:

• Nordeen KW, Nordeen EJ (1997) Anatomical and Synaptic Substrates for Avian Song Learning. J. Neurobiol. 33: 532–548. Article Full Text PDF (168 kB)
• Brenowitz D, Margoliash K, Nordeen W (1997) An Introduction to Birdsong and the Avian Song System. J. Neurobiol. 33(5): 495-500. Article Full Text PDF (144 kB)
• Teramitsu I, Kudo LC, London SE, Geschwind DH, White SA (2004) Parallel FoxP1 and FoxP2 expression in songbird and human predicts functional interaction. J. Neurosci. 24(13): 3152-3163. Article Full Text PDF (820 kB)

Modulation of crayfish escape:

• Edwards DH, Kravitz EA (1997) Serotonin, social status and aggression. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 7(6): 812-819 Article Full Text PDF (944 KB)
• Yeh S-R, Fricke RA, Edwards DH (1996) The effect of social experience on serotonergic modulation of the escape circuit of crayfish. Science 271:366-369.
• Yeh S-R, Musolf BE, Edwards DH (1997) Neuronal Adaptations to Changes in the Social Dominance Status of Crayfish. J. Neurosci. 17(2): 697–708 Article Full Text PDF (720 KB)
• Edwards DH, Heitler WJ, Krasne FB (1999) Fifty years of a command neuron: the neurobiology of escape behavior in the crayfish. Trends Neurosci. 22(4):153-161 Article Full Text PDF (736 KB)
• Antonsen BL, Edwards DH (2003) Differential Dye Coupling Reveals Lateral Giant Escape Circuit in Crayfish. J. Comp. Neurol. 466: 1–13 Article Full Text PDF (1 MB)

Mauthner Neurons and Goldfish Escape Behavior:

• Zottoli SJ, Newman BC, Rieff HI, Winters DC (1999) Decrease in occurrence of fast startle responses after selective Mauthner cell ablation in goldfish (Carassius auratus). J. Comp. Physiol. A 184(2): 207-218. Article Full Text PDF (452 KB)
• Hatta K, Korn H (1998) Physiological properties of the mauthner system in the adult zebrafish. J. Comp. Neurol. 395(4): 493-509. Article Full Text PDF (584 KB)

Affective Neuroscience:

• Panksepp J, Burgdorf J (2003) ‘‘Laughing’’ rats and the evolutionary antecedents of human joy? Physiology & Behavior 79: 533-547 Article Full Text PDF (408 KB)

Additional Papers of Interest

• Chapter 1, Nerve cells and animal behaviour. Simmons, P. & D. Young (1999) Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour 2nd ed, Cambridge University Press
• Tinbergen, N. (1950) The hierarchical organization of nervous mechanisms underlying instinctive behaviour. Symp.Soc.Exp.Biol. 4: 305-312.
• Tinbergen, N. (1963) On aims and methods of Ethology. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 20: 410-433.
• von Frisch, K. & Lindaur, M. (1956) The language and orientation of the honey bee. Ann.Rev.Entomol. 1: 45-58.

Nerve cells

• Chapter 2, Nerve cells and animal behaviour. Simmons, P. & D. Young (1999) Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour 2nd ed, Cambridge University Press

Giant neurons & escape behavior

• Chapter 3, Giant neurons and escape behaviour. Simmons, P. & D. Young (1999) Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour 2nd ed, Cambridge University Press

Capturing sensory information

• Chapter 7, Sensory Mechanisms. Eckert, R., Randall, D., & Augustine, G. (1988) Animal Physiology 3rd ed, W.H. Freeman and Co

Sensory maps

• Gagliardo, A., Loalé, P., & Bingman, V. (1999) Homing in pigeons: the role of the hippocampal formation in the representation of landmarks used for navigation. J of Neuroscience 19(1): 311-315
• Gothard, K.M., Skaggs, W.E., Moore, K.M. & McNaughton, B. (1996) Binding of hippocampal CA1 neural activity to multiple reference frames in a land-mark based navigation task. J of Neuroscience 16(2): 823-835
• Wagner, H., Takahashi, T., & Konishi, M. (1987) Representation of interaural time difference in the central nucleus of the barn owl's inferior colliculus. J of Neuroscience 7(10): 3105-3116

Evolutionary Context

• Chiel, H.J. & Beer,R.D. (1997) The brain has a body: adaptive behavior emerges from interactions of nervous system, body and environment. Trends in Neuroscience 20(12): 553-557.

Texts of General Interest

• Camhi, J. M. (1984) Neuroethology Sunderland, MA. Sinauer Associates Inc.
• Delcomyn, F. (1997) Foundations of Neurobiology W.H. Freeman & Co.
• Moss, C.F. & S.J. Shettleworth (1996) Neuroethological Studies of Cognitive and Perceptual Processes Harper Collins, Boulder, CO
• Simmons, P. & D. Young (1999) Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour 2nd ed, Cambridge University Press