Lecture 1: Neuroecology and experimental design 27th Feb

Question 1

what do Neural Circuits do?

Answer 1

Neural circuits UNDERLIE BEHAVIOUR

Question 2

Why do we need specific circuits?

Answer 2

SPECIFIC BEHAVIOURS require specific circuits

Question 3

Brain structure reflects

Answer 3

Brain structure reflects BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY.

Question 4

The VISUAL SYSTEM: Characteristics

Answer 4

1. General BASIC PATTERN
2. DIFFERENT SPECIALISATIONS:
   - tasks and Environment

Question 5

Visual system has different specialisations what are they for…

Answer 5

1. TASKS
2. ENVIRONMENT

Question 6

What is the RETINA?

Answer 6

Neural Tissue upon which images of outside world are projected and mapped to the brain

Question 7

Look at the retinal wholemount…

Answer 7

IMAGE

Question 8

When Looking at Retinal Wholemounts…one rule ..
THINK “OPPOSITE”

Answer 8

Wholemount right eye

• dorsal looks ventral
• ventral looks dorsal
• nasal looks out
• temporal looks centre

Question 9

The retinal Wholemount and retinal cell types.

What can be found and how do they look like?

Answer 9

1. Glial Cell
2. Ganglion cell
3. Endothelial cell
4. Amacrine cell

Question 10

Understand Terrain Theory: Hughes

Answer 10

Specialisations related to habitat:

• area centralis: dense vegetation
• visual streak: open habitat

….more to it…

Question 11

Sensory organ and brain structure reflects behaviour and ecology

EXPLAIN

Answer 11

• Neural circuits underlie behaviour
• Specific behaviours require specific circuits

Question 12

questions: Brains of different animals look very different:

Answer 12

• How are they different?
• How do they become different?
• Why are they different?

Question 13

Major learning focus: Research skills

Answer 13

Experimental design, replication, controls

Question 14

Look at structure of the eye

Answer 14

identify and label structures of the eye.