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Frontiers in Crustacean Neurobiology
organized by Manfred Schmidt and Konrad Wiese.

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FRONTIERS  IN 

CRUSTACEAN  NEUROBIOLOGY


Research on design and function of nervous systems 
emphasizing the comparative approach 



International Scientific Conference



July 8 to 11, 1999
Hamburg - Blankenese
Elsa Braendstroem Conference Center



Organization:
Konrad Wiese
Manfred Schmidt
Universitaet Hamburg
Zoologisches Institut und 
Zoologisches Museum 


Thursday July 8,
19:30  Conference opening
Musical Introduction
  Thursday July 8
  19:30 - 19:45



 Conference Opening


Musical 
Introduction


Christoph Moinihan, Schwerin
French Horn


Welcome address:

Professor Melitta Schachner,
Zentrum fuer Molekulare Neurobiologie Hamburg


on behalf of the organizers:

Konrad Wiese
Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum
Universitaet Hamburg



Thursday July 8 
Opening session 19:45 - 22:15

General principles and historical overview

Chair: Eve Marder, Brandeis University, Waltham MA, USA

19:45 Edward Kravitz, Harvard University, Boston, USA

The transmitter GABA and the crustacean nervous system

20:05 Franklin Krasne, University of California 
at Los Angeles, USA


The giant fiber circuit in the ventral 
nerve cord of crustaceans 


20:25 Allen Selverston, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, USA

New developments in understanding 
neural pattern generators


20:45 David Sandeman, University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia

The Crustacean brain: from Maynard s work to present day


21:05 - 21:15 refreshments


21:15 Brian Mulloney, University of California at Davis, USA

The swimmeret system of crustaceans: the origins


21:35 Dorothy Paul, University of Victoria, Canada

Synergies between disparate motor systems: Loci for behavioural
evolution


21:55 Francois Clarac, CNRS, Neurobiologie et Mouvements,
Marseille, France

Neurobiology of crustacean walking: from past to future


22:15 end of session


Friday, July 9,
8:30 - 10:30 Early morning session

Aminergic modulation of behavior. 

Chair: Edward Kravitz, Harvard University, Boston, USA

8:30 Edward Kravitz, Harvard University, Boston USA

Fighting behavior in lobsters and the identification of 
the amine-containing neurosecretory systems


8:45 Michael Hoerner, Universitaet Goettingen, FRG

Identified synaptic inputs to lobster amine-containing neurosecretory
neuron systems


9:00 Ralf Heinrich, Harvard University, Boston, USA

Autoinhibition on lobster neurosecretory neurons - 
Comparison with vertebrate amine-containing neurons


9:15 Donald Edwards, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

Changes in the nervous system and behaviour of crayfish 
with changes in social status


9:30 Brian Antonsen, University of Victoria, 
Victoria, BC, Canada

Amines in the behaviour and neurons of the squat lobster Munida
quadrispina


9:45 Wulf-Dieter Krenz, N.L. Perez-Acevedo, D. Nguyen, 
and A. I. Selverston, University of Puerto Rico, USA

Is Glutamate a neuromodulator in the crustacean 
stomatogastric nervous system?

10:00 Nivia Perez- Acevedo, W.D. Krenz, Y.I. Archavsky
and A.I. Selverston, University of Puerto Rico, USA

Metabotropic glutamate receptor agonists modulate 
the pyloric output



10:15 - 10:35 coffee 


Friday, July 9
10: 35 - 12:15 Late morning session: 

Amines: Neuronal mechanisms and Ion Channels 

Chair: Ronald  M. Harris -Warrick, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, NY, USA 

10:45 Bruce Johnson, R.M. Harris-Warrick, P. Kloppenburg, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., USA

Ionic mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in the 
lobster pyloric network


11:00 Peter Kloppenburg, W.R.Zipfel, W.W. Webb, R.M. Harris Warrick,
Neurobiology and Applied Physics Engineering, Cornell University,
Ithaca, N.Y., USA 

Dopamine modulation of localized Ca2+ accumulation
in identified motoneurons monitored by multi - photon extinction
microscopy


11:15 Thomas Roeder, Universitaet Hamburg, FRG

Aminergic receptors in invertebrates


11:30 Edouard Pearlstein, D.Cattaert, F. Clarac,
CNRS, Neurobiologie et Mouvements, Marseille, France

Aminergic modulation of sensory-motor integration in
the walking system of the crayfish


11:45 Deborah Baro, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, USA

Differential expresssion and targeting of K+ channel genes
in lobster pyloric pattern generator


12:00 Ronald M. Harris - Warrick, J.MacLean, Y.Zhang,Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY, USA 

Expression of lobster ,shal" potassium
channel RNA in lobster stomatogastric neurons


12:30 lunch 


Friday, July 9
14:00 - 16:00 Early afternoon session

Peptidergic modulation of identified function 

Chair: Werner Rathmayer, Universitaet Konstanz, FRG

14:00 Werner Rathmayer, Universitaet Konstanz, FRG

Pre- and postsynaptic modulation of neuromuscular parameters by
peptides


14:20 Joffre Mercier, Brock University, St. Catharines,
Canada 

Intracellular signals that mediate modulation of crayfish
synapses by a FMRF-amide related neuropeptide


14:35 Christian Erxleben, National Institutes of Health, 
Bethesda, MD, USA  and Statione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Napoli, Italy

Modulation of muscle contractions and ionic currents 
in a marine isopod


14:50 Robin Cooper, University of Kentucky, Lexington,  USA

Influence of neuromodulators and vesicle docking related proteins on
the kinetics of vesicle release 


15:05 Petra Skiebe, Freie Universitaet, Berlin, FRG

Identifiable neurons involved in peptidergic modulation within the
stomatogastric nervous system of the crayfish Cherax destructor


15:20 Dieter Wicher, Universitaet Jena, FRG

Peptidergic modulation of ionic currents 
in an insect neuron


15:35 - 16:00 coffee


Friday, July 9
16:00 - 17:55 Late afternoon session

Hormonal Control Systems 

Chair: Rainer Keller, Universitaet Bonn, FRG

16:15 Rainer Keller, Universitaet Bonn, FRG

Biological effects of neuropeptides of the 
CHH/MIH/GIH family in crustaceans


16:35 Heinrich Dircksen, Universitaet Bonn, FRG

Neurosecretory cells in peripheral nervous systems produce unusual
crustacean hyperglycemic hormone-like peptides presumably by
alternative splicing


16:55 Hugo Arechiga, University of Mexico City, Mexico

A distributed system of circadian pacemakers in the crayfish nervous
system


Special highlight

The Control of Chromatophores

17:15 Luiz Eduardo Maia Nery, Zoophysiologia,
Fundacao Universidade do Rio Grande, Brasil

Crustacean Chromatophore: Endocrine Regulation and intracellular
signaling system


End of session


17:40 Extra: Short plenary discussion on the topic: 
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology: 
Unique opportunities in the crustacean nervous system. 

Introduction:  Timothy McClintock, Lexington, KY, USA


18:30 dinner, followed by an evening for communication among
participants, no other program

Saturday, July 10,
8:30 - 10:00  Early morning session

Olfaction

Chair: Barry W. Ache, Whitney Laboratory, St. Augustine and
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

8:30 Charles Derby, Pascal Steullet, Holly Cate, 
Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

A compound nose: functional development, odotopic 
mapping, and behavioral role of the aesthetasc sensilla and their
olfactory neurons. 


8:45 Timothy McClintock, University of Kentucky,
Lexington, USA

Molecular physiology of G-proteins in olfactory transduction and CNS 
-neurotransmission


9:00 Barry Ache, Aslbek Zhainazarov, Richard Doolin, 
Whitney Laboratory, St. Augustine, USA

Characterization and phosphatidylinositol regulation of 
a N+-gated nonselective cation channel implicated in
lobster olfactory transduction


9:15 Eric Hallberg, M. Ekerholm, Lund Universitet, Sweden

Ontogenetic development of the olfactory system in the shore
crab Carcinus maenas (focus on aesthetascs and flicking muscles)


9:30 David Sandeman, University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia

The 5-HT -immunoreactive dorsal giant cell and olfaction in crayfish


9:45 DeForest Mellon, University of Virginia,
Charlotteville, USA

Are electrical oscillations in lateral forebrain local neurons the
gatekeeper for olfactory system output in crustaceans?


10:00 - 10:15 coffee and tea


Saturday, July 10
10:15 - 12:15 Late morning session 

Circuitry analysis, MRO and muscle

Chair:        Brian Mulloney, University of California at Davis, USA

10:15 David Macmillan, University of Melbourne, Australia

The abdominal muscle receptor organ of crayfish and lobsters: old
models, new challenges


10:30 Michelle Bevengut, D. Le Ray, D. Cattaert, CNRS, 
Neurobiologie et Mouvements, Marseille, France
Active shaping of a proprioreceptive message in crayfish

10:45 Toshiki Nagayama, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Synaptic organization of local circuit neurons in the 
terminal abdominal ganglion of the crayfish


11:00 Peter Fraser, University of Aberdeen, UK

Long term recordings from statocyst interneurones in the crab 
Carcinus maenas  


11:15 Janet M. Holmes, Douglas M. Neil, Stefan Galler 
and Karlheinz Hilber, University of Glasgow, UK and
University of Salzburg, Austria

The synaptic and mechanical properties of the two slow muscle fibre
types that control abdominal posture in the Norway lobster Nephrops
norvegicus


11:30 Philip Newland, University of Southampton, UK

Proprioception in the tailfan of the crayfish


11:45 Masakazu Takahata, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying facilitatory control of
postural reflexes during walking in crayfish


12:30 lunch


Saturday, July 10
14:00 - 16:00  Early afternoon session

Development

Chair:  Renate Sandeman, University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia

14:00 Renate Sandemann, University of New South Wales, 
Sydney, Australia

Growth and plasticity in the crayfish brain 
olfactory centers


14:20 Jeannie Benton, Barbara Beltz, Wellesley College,
Wellesley,USA

Development and maturation of olfactory centers in the lobster:
Influences of serotonine and adult neurogenesis


14:35 Barbara Beltz, J. Benton, J. Long,
M. Lee, K. Piech, Wellesley College, Wellesley,USA

Ecological factors may influence the evolution of species specific
glomerular numbers in the olfactory lobes of decapod crustaceans


14:50 Steffen Harzsch, Univeristaet Ulm, FRG

Mechanisms of neurogenesis in Crustacea


15:05 Valerie Fenelon, Pierre Meyrand, CNRS et Universite de Bordeaux,
Talence, France 

Ontogenetic alteration of identified neural network in
the lobster stomatogastric system


15:20 Jeremy Sullivan, Wellesly College, Wellesley, USA

Embryonic and postembryonic neurogenesis in the ventral nerve cord of
the freshwater crayfish Cherax destructor


15:35 Gerhard Scholtz, Matthias Gerberding, Humboldt-Universitaet,
Berlin, FRG 

Cell lineage of crustacean neuroblasts


15:50 Manfred Schmidt, Universitaet Hamburg, FRG

New neurons in adult crustacean brains


16:05 - 16:20  coffee, tea


Saturday, July 10
16:25 - 18:00 Late afternoon session

Sensory integration

Chair: Jelle Atema, Boston University Marine Program, 
Woods Hole, MA, USA

16:20 Jelle Atema, Boston University Marine Program, 
Woods Hole, USA

Eddy chemotaxis and the case for bimodal chemo-mechanosensory signal
processing


16:40 Thomas  Breithaupt,  Universitaet Konstanz, FRG

Chemo-mechanical stimulus fields, rheotaxis
and chemical signal exchange in crayfish


16:55 Barbara Schmitz, Jens Herberholz, 
Technische Universitaet Muenchen, FRG

The use of different water currents during intra- and interspecific
encounters in the snapping shrimp Alpheus heterochaelis 


17:10 Daniel Hartline, Petra Lenz, University of Hawaii at 
Manoa, Honolulu, USA

Adaptations for mechanoreceptively triggered predator evasion in
copepods


17:25 Zhanna Shuranova, Institute for Higher Nervous Activity and
Neurophysiology of the Academy of Sciences,  Moscow, Russia

Ventilatory activity in freely moving crayfish is indicative of
functional status and perception of external stimuli


17:40 Denis Combes, P. Meyrand, J. Simmers, CNRS et
Universite de Bordeaux, Talence, France

Motor program switching by an identified sensory neuron 
in the lobster stomatogastric ganglion


18:00 dinner


Saturday july 10
19:30 - 21:30 Evening session

Synaptic plasticity and modulation

Chair:   Harold Atwood, University of Toronto, Canada

19:30 Harold Atwood, University of Toronto, Canada

Differential properties of crustacean synapses

19:50 Greg Lnenicka, State University of New York 
at Albany, USA

The influence of impulse activity on growth cones and synapses


20:10 Josef Dudel, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, FRG

Excitatory synaptic currents in crayfish, Drosophila and mice: The
role of desensitisation


20:30 Hitoshi Aonuma, Ph. Newland, 
University of Southampton, UK

Nitric Oxide and cyclic GMP modulate synaptic transmission in local
circuits of the crayfish


20:45 Katherine Graubard, University of Washington, 
Seattle, USA

The actions of nitric oxide and cGMP in modulating 
stomatogastric and cardiac ganglion motor activity 


21:05 Eve Marder, A. Swensen, D. Blitz,  M.P. Nussbaum, Brandeis
University, Waltham, MA, USA 

Cotransmission and convergence in the
neuromodulatory projections to the stomatogastric ganglion


21:25 A word about the book in production


Sunday, July 11
8:30 - 11:00  Early morning session

Learning  and  Memory

Chair: David Sandeman, University of New South Wales, 
Sydney, Australia


8:30 Hector Maldonado, Universidade de Buenos Aires, Argentina

I.  A brief introduction to Learning in Crustacea
II. Two memories for the same danger stimulus in 
Chasmagnathus: A behavioural, pharmacological and molecular 
approach


8:50 Daniel Tomsic ,  Universidade de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Behavioral, ecological and electrophysiological  aspects of
habituation to visual danger stimulus in crabs


9:05 Transition into the session ,Visual Systems"


Sunday, July 11
9:05 - 12:30  Midmorning session

Visual systems in crustacea

Chair: Jon Barnes, University of Glasgow, UK    


9:05 Jochen Zeil, Australian National University,
Canberra, Australia

The flexible use of vision and path integration 
in fiddler crabs


9:20 Benno Meyer-Rochow, University of Oulu, Finland

Photoreceptor adaptation and damage


9:35 Silvana Allodi, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Glial cells in the crustacean visual system


9:50 Thomas Cronin, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA 

Spectral and polarization sensitivity in the eyes of crabs


10:05 Masakazu Hariyama,  Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Diurnal changes in the crustacean eye


10:20 - 10:40 coffee and tea


10:40 Alberto Ugolini, Universita de Firenze, Italy

The sun, the moon and the sandhopper


10:55 Stefan Richter,  Humboldt Universitaet, Berlin, FRG

The evolution in optical design in crustacea


11:10 end of session


Sunday, July 11, 
11:15 - 12:15 Late morning session


From rhythmic behavior in vivo to  biomimetic robots

Chair: Allen Selverston, University of  Puerto Rico, 
San Juan, USA

11:15 Hartmut Boehm, C. Gutzen, S. Hinterkeuser, D. Weigeldt,
Universitaet Bonn

Performance of neural networks controlling
vegetative rhythms 


11:35  Hans-Georg Heinzel, E. Dybek, K. Halen, D. Sandeman, H.
Boehm,  Universitaet Bonn, FRG, and University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia 

Connections of the head to networks of the
stomatogastric system


11:55 Joseph Ayers, Northeastern University, 
Eastpoint, Nahant MA, USA

Neurotechnology and behavioral animatronics 
for lobster-based underwater robots.


12:15  end of session

12:30 lunch

14:00 end of conference. 

Posters: on display in the conference room of the Gaestehaus:

1) Janet M. Holmes, A.-S. Graens, D. M. Neil, S. Pihl - Baden,
University of Glasgow, UK and Kristineberg`s Marina Forskningsstation,
Fiskebaeckskil, Sweden 

The effect of metal ions Mn2+ and Co2+ on muscle
contraction in the norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus


2) Olga Ganeshina, Petra Skiebe, Freie Universitaet, Berlin, FRG 

The ultrastructure of a nerve junction with possible modulatory
function in the stomatogastric nervous system of the crayfish Cherax
destructor 


3) Romouald Nargeot, CNRS et Universite de Bordeaux, Talence, France

Sensory induced plasticity in lobster stomatogastric nervous system


4) Peter Jaros, Inka Gerhold, Universitaet Oldenburg, FRG

Evidence of NO synthase activity by NADPH-diaphorase staining?


5) Garry Jolley-Rogers, University of Melbourne, Australia

The edge of homology - crayfish suboesophageal ganglia


6) Dominic Lewis, Douglas Neil, University of Glasgow, UK

Lobster claw development


7) Bruce Johnson, R.W. Wyttenbach, R.R. Hoy, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., USA

Crawdad: A CD-ROM-lab manual for neurophysiology


8) Martin Heine, D. Wicher, Universitaet Jena, FRG

Peptide-induced activation of ryanodine receptors in an insect neuron


9) Luke Finley and David Macmillan,  University of  Melbourne,
Australia 

Stimulus location and giant fibre escape responses in Cherax
destructor


10) Konrad Wiese, Universitaet Hamburg, FRG

The origin of commands for neuromodulation


11) Mufti P. Patria, Konrad Wiese, Universitaet Hamburg, FRG

Antennular sensitivity, flow field of propulsion jet and response to
signals of turbulent flow in Meganyctiphanes norvegica


12) Ulrike Spoerhase-Eichmann, D. Edwards, Universitaet Goettingen FRG
and  Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA 

Serotonin-, dopamine-, and octopamine immunoreactivity in the 
abdominal nervous system of the crayfish.

13) Jon W.P. Barnes, B.G. Horseman, M.W.S. Macauley, University of
Glasgow, UK 

Optic flow interneurones in the crab visual system


14) J.E. Layne, W.J.P. Barnes, L. Duncan, University of Glasgow, UK

Homing in fiddler crabs: path integration and the optomotor response