The Mechanosensory Lateral Line

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Brief Overview of the Mechanosensory Lateral Line System and the Contributions to This Volume

      • Sheryl Coombs, Peter Görner, Heinrich Münz

      Pages 3-5

   3. A Short Personal Review of the History of Lateral Line Research

      • Sven Dijkgraaf

      Pages 7-14

3. Morphology, Phylogeny, and Ontogeny

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. The Phylogenetic Distribution and Innervation of Craniate Mechanoreceptive Lateral Lines

      • R. Glenn Northcutt

      Pages 17-78

   3. Developmental Constraints and Evolution of the Lateral Line System in Teleost Fishes

      • Jacqueline F. Webb

      Pages 79-97

   4. Diversity and Regression in the Amphibian Lateral Line and Electrosensory System

      • Bernd Fritzsch

      Pages 99-114

   5. Evolution of Octavolateralis Sensory Cells

      • Jørgen Mørup Jørgensen

      Pages 115-145

   6. Organization and Development of the Zebrafish Posterior Lateral Line

      • Walter K. Metcalfe

      Pages 147-159

   7. Cellular Events Underlying the Regenerative Replacement of Lateral Line Sensory Epithelia in Amphibians

      • Jeffrey T. Corwin, Kenneth J. Balak, Paula C. Borden

      Pages 161-183

4. Peripheral Processing: Hydrodynamics, Biomechanics, and Neural Encoding

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185

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   2. Functional Evolution of Lateral Line and Inner Ear Sensory Systems

      • Ad. J. Kalmijn

      Pages 187-215

   3. Hydrodynamic Imaging of the Surroundings by the Lateral Line of the Blind Cave Fish Anoptichthys jordani

      • E. S. Hassan

      Pages 217-227

   4. Some Observations on the Forces Acting on Neuromasts in Fish Lateral Line Canals

      • E. J. Denton, J. A. B. Gray

      Pages 229-246

   5. Dynamic Behavior and Micromechanical Properties of the Cupula

      • Sietse M. Van Netten, Alfons B. A. Kroes

      Pages 247-263

   6. Sensory Transduction in Lateral Line Hair cells

      • Alfon B. A. Kroese, Sietse M. Van Netten

      Pages 265-284

   7. Functional Organization of the Lateral Line Periphery

      • Heinrich Münz

      Pages 285-297

   8. Peripheral Processing by the Lateral Line System of the Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdi)

      • Sheryl Coombs, John Jansse

      Pages 299-319

5. Central Processing: Neuroanatomy and Physiology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 321-321

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This volume represents the published proceedings of an international conference on the Neurobiology and Evolution of the Mechanosensory Lateral Line System held August 31 to September 4, 1987, at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Bielefeld, West Germany. The goal of this confer­ ence was to bring together researchers from all over the world to share informa­ tion about a major aquatic sensory system, the evolution and function of which have largely remained an enigma since the 18th century. The "lateral line" or "lateralis" system has been used as an umbrella term to describe what originally (without the aid of modern anatomical techniques) looked like a series of pits, grooves, and lines on the head and trunk of fishes and some amphibians. For at least the past 30 years, however, it has been recognized that the lateralis system comprises not one, but at least two functional classes of receptors: mechanoreceptors and electroreceptors. The relative ease with which the appropriate stimulus could be defined and measured for the electroreceptive class has resulted in an explosion of information on this submodality during the past 20 years. As a result, there is little ambiguity about the overall function of the electrosensory system, now generally regarded as an independent system in its own right. A similarly clear definition for the function of the mechanosensory lateralis system has not been as forthcoming.

• Nervous System
• anatomy
• behavior
• development
• morphology
• neural mechanisms
• neurobiology
• neurophysiology
• phylogeny
• physiology

• Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

  Sheryl Coombs

• Faculty of Biology Department of Neurophysiology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany

  Peter Görner, Heinrich Münz

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