Meeting Abstract 18-2  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:15 – 10:30  Repeated Social Defeat Affects Dopaminergic Modulation of Spinal Motor Circuits CLEMENTS, KN*; HEAGY, FK; BLAIN, E; WARD, J; ISSA, FA; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC clementsk10@students.ecu.edu Social submission negatively impacts behavior and physiology of many social animals, yet the effects of repeated social defeat (RSD) on nervous system […]

Meeting Abstract 18-8  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:45 – 12:00  Neurogenesis and the development of neural sex differences in vocal control regions of songbirds DIEZ, A; MACDOUGALL-SHACKLETON, SA*; University of Western Ontario; University of Western Ontario smacdou2@uwo.ca The brain regions that control the learning and production in birdsong exhibit some of the larges sex differences in the brain […]

Meeting Abstract 18-1  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:00 – 10:15  Multimodal sensory integration of the utricle in freely swimming toadfish, Opsanus tau ROGERS, LS*; VAN WERT, JC; MENSINGER, AF; University of Minnesota Duluth; Marine Biological Laboratory; University of Minnesota Duluth loranzie@uw.edu Unlike the inner ear of terrestrial vertebrates, fishes have a less pronounced separation between auditory and vestibular […]

Meeting Abstract 18-5  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:00 – 11:15  Is Coordination Key? Investigating the Timing of Provisioning Visits in a Biparental Songbird Species ENNS, JL*; PURDEY, L; STOJKOVIC, L; WILLIAMS , TD; Simon Fraser University; Simon Fraser University; Simon Fraser University; Simon Fraser University joannae@sfu.ca Parental care increases the inclusive fitness of parents by increasing offspring survival. […]

Meeting Abstract 18-3  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:30 – 10:45  Immediate and lasting neurogenomic responses to competition in a free-living songbird: an experimental manipulation of a dynamic social environment BENTZ, AB*; GEORGE, EM; WOLF, SE; RUSCH, DB; BUECHLEIN, A; ROSVALL, KA; Indiana University; Indiana University; Indiana University; Indiana University; Indiana University; Indiana University bentza@iu.edu Periods of social instability […]

Meeting Abstract 18-4  Saturday, Jan. 4 10:45 – 11:00  Honey, I Ate the Kids: Role of Galanin in Maternal Care, Infanticide, and Energetics in a Mouthbrooding Fish BUTLER, JM*; HERATH, E; WHITLOW, SM; RIMAL, A; MARUSKA, KP; Louisiana State University jbutl48@lsu.edu http://juliembutler.weebly.com Galanin is a conserved neuropeptide involved in parental care and feeding. Ablation of preoptic area […]

Meeting Abstract 18-6  Saturday, Jan. 4 11:15 – 11:30  Effect of sleep on loss on parental care in Arctic-breeding songbirds PAYETTE, WI*; RICHTER, MM; HODINKA, BL; PULLUM, KB; ASHLEY, NT; Western Kentucky University; Western Kentucky University; Simon Fraser University; University of Pennsylvania; Western Kentucky University wesley.payette468@topper.wku.edu Sleep loss is well known to impair cognitive function, immunological responses, […]

COATES, M.M.*; THOMPSON, S.H.: Vision in a cubozoan jellyfish. Jellyfish of the class Cubozoa possess camera-type eyes similar to those of cephalopods and vertebrates; consisting of a lens, cornea, and retina. The retina is composed of three layers: a sensory layer, a pigmented layer, and a nuclear layer with extending nerve fibers. The cells of […]

Burnaford, J. L.: The physiology of positive interactions: effects of shade and season on endogenous levels of hsp70 in field populations of the black chiton Katharina tunicata Canopy-forming algae can be important to consumers by providing food and protection from predation or intense insolation. In the low rocky intertidal zone of the Pacific Northwest, the […]

Satterlie, R.A.*; Nolen, T.G.: The Small Number of Swim Pacemakers in Cubomedusae May Promote Biphasic Modulation of Swimming Activity Since the earliest behavioral investigations of scyphomedusan and cubomedusan swimming, swim contractions were found to be controlled by multiple pacemaker/sensory centers that were spread around the margin of the jellyfish. Coordination of swim pacemakers was presumed […]