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Case Studies in Invertebrate Visual Processing: I. Spectral and Spatial Processing in the Early Visual System of Drosophila melanogaster II. Binocular Stereopsis in Sepia officinalis
This thesis addresses two aspects of visual processing in two different invertebrate organisms. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has emerged as a key model for invertebrate vision research. Despite extensive ... -
Examining the role of the anterior and posterior orbitofrontal cortex in emotional regulation in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
The dysfunction and structural abnormalities of the orbitofrontal cortex have been reported in a number of affective disorders, including depression and several anxiety disorders. However, research has largely centred ... -
Autophagy in the developing Drosophila brain
Autophagy is the process by which a cell sends cytosolic material to the lysosome for digestion. In this work, I investigated the importance of autophagy to lipid droplet formation and protein turnover in the neural stem ... -
Interplay between Piezo1-mediated mechanosensing and the chemical guidance cue Semaphorin3A during development of the embryonic nervous system
During nervous system development, growing neurons extend axons over long distances to defined targets. Despite decades of research dedicated to understanding how neurons are guided along the correct pathways, we still do ...
