The Mechanosensory Lateral Line

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Contributors.- I Introduction.- 1 A Brief Overview of the Mechanosensory Lateral Line System and the Contributions to This Volume.- 2 A Short Personal Review of the History of Lateral Line Research.- II Morphology, Phylogeny, and Ontogeny.- 3 The Phylogenetic Distribution and Innervation of Craniate Mechanoreceptive Lateral Lines.- 4 Developmental Constraints and Evolution of the Lateral Line System in Teleost Fishes.- 5 Diversity and Regression in the Amphibian Lateral Line and Electrosensory System.- 6 Evolution of Octavolateralis Sensory Cells.- 7 Organization and Development of the Zebrafish Posterior Lateral Line.- 8 Cellular Events Underlying the Regenerative Replacement of Lateral Line Sensory Epithelia in Amphibians.- III Peripheral Processing: Hydrodynamics, Biomechanics, and Neural Encoding.- 9 Functional Evolution of Lateral Line and Inner Ear Sensory Systems.- 10 Hydrodynamic Imaging of the Surroundings by the Lateral Line of the Blind Cave Fish Anoptichthys jordani.- 11 Some Observations on the Forces Acting on Neuromasts in Fish Lateral Line Canals.- 12 Dynamic Behavior and Micromechanical Properties of the Cupula.- 13 Sensory Transduction in Lateral Line Hair Cells.- 14 Functional Organization of the Lateral Line Periphery.- 15 Peripheral Processing by the Lateral Line System of the Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdi).- IV Central Processing: Neuroanatomy and Physiology.- 16 Central Mechanosensory Lateral Line Centers and Pathways Among the Elasmobranchs.- 17 Central Lateral Line Mechanosensory Pathways in Bony Fish.- 18 Central Mechanosensory Lateral Line System in Amphibians.- 19 Central Nervous Physiology of the Lateral Line, with Special Reference to Cartilaginous Fishes.- 20 Direction Coding in Central Parts of the Lateral Line System.- 21 Interrelationship of Acousticolateral and Visual Systems in the Teleost Midbrain.- 22 The Efferent System.- 23 Lateral Line Afferent and Efferent Systems of the Goldfish with Special