Development and structural plasticity of the locust olfactory pathway
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........................................................................................................................... V Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 Development of the insect nervous system .......................................................................... 3 Organization of the locust olfactory pathway ....................................................................... 5 Thesis outline ......................................................................................................................... 7 Publications ...................................................................................................................... 8 Authors‘ contributions ........................................................................................................... 8 Publication 1: Developmental expression of cell recognition molecules in the mushroom body and antennal lobe of the locust Locusta migratoria ................................................................................ 10 Publication 2: Development of nitrergic neurons in the nervous system of the locust embryo ............... 11 Publication 3: Regeneration of olfactory afferent axons in the locust brain ....................................... 12 Publication 4: Scanning laser optical tomography resolves structural plasticity during regeneration in an insect brain .............................................................................................................................. 13 Discussion....................................................................................................................... 14 Class III (gustatory) Kenyon cells .......................................................................................... 15 Development of the mushroom bodies ............................................................................... 15 Possible functions of axon guidance molecules and the NO/cGMP pathway ..................... 17 Structural plasticity of the olfactory centers ....................................................................... 19 Conclusions/Outlook ............................................................................................................ 21 References ...................................................................................................................... 22 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................ 29 Eidesstattliche Erklärung ................................................................................................. 30
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