The morphological identity of insect dendrites [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Friedrich Förstner

The morphological identityof insect dendritesFriedrich F¨orstnerM¨ unchen 2010The morphological identityof insect dendritesFriedrich For¨ stnerDissertationzur Erlangung des Doktorgradesder Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)an der Fakult¨at fur¨ Biologieder Ludwig–Maximilians–Universit¨at Munchen¨Angefertigt am Max-Planck-Institut fur¨ NeurobiologieAbteilung Neuronale Informationsverarbeitungvorgelegt vonFriedrich Fo¨rstneraus HeidelbergM¨ unchen 2010Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Alexander BorstZweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Rainer UhlTag der mu¨ndlichen Pru¨fung: 10.03.2011Contents1 summary 72 introduction 92.1 the fly visual system ........................... 102.2 describing, measuring and generating dendritic morphology....... 142.3 the criticial role of Dscam in shaping neuronal mo 182.4 project outline .............................. 223 materials and methods 253.1 cell imaging and reconstruction in blow flies............... 263.2 genetics, cell imaging and reconstruction in Drosophila......... 273.3 morphological analysis .......................... 303.4 generating artificial cells ......................... 323.5 passive compartmental models......... 353.6 software listing.............................. 384 results 414.1 morphological characterization of LPTCs in blow flies ......... 424.2 mo analysis of down-scaled LPTCs in fruit flies ....... 564.3 functional implications of LPTC scaling in blow flies and fruit flies... 674.