Integration of olfactory bulb output in the zebrafish telencephalon analyzed by electrophysiology and 2-photon Ca_1hn2_1hn+ imaging [Elektronische Ressource] / presented by Francisca v. Saint Paul

Inaugural Dissertation Integration of Olfactory Bulb Output in the Zebrafish Telencephalon analyzed by Electrophysiology and 2+2-Photon Ca - Imaging submitted to the Combined Faculties for the Natural Sciences and for Mathematics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany for the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences presented by FRANCISCA V. SAINT PAUL, MSc born in DUBLIN, IRELAND 2009 The work presented in this thesis was carried out at the Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Department of Biomedical Optics; Heidelberg, Germany and the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Novartis Research Foundation; Basel, Switzerland under the supervision of PD Dr. Rainer W. Friedrich. About half of the results presented here have been published recently in Yaksi E*, von Saint Paul F*, Niessing J, Bundschuh ST, Friedrich RW (2009) Transformation of odor representations in target areas of the olfactory bulb. Nature Neuroscience 12: 474 – 482 (* Equal contribution) First Referee: PD Dr. Rainer W. Friedrich Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research Basel, Switzerland Second Referee: Prof. Dr. Peter H. Seeburg Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research Heidelberg, Germany Herewith I declare that I prepared the present work on my own and with no other sources and aids than quoted.