Publications

Publications of Dietrich L. Meyer and his collaborators

Meyer, D.L., D. Schott and K.-P. Schaefer:
Reizversuche im Tectum opticum freischwimmender Kabeljaue bzw. Dorsche (Gadus morrhua L.)
Pflügers Arch. 314, 240-252, 1970

Meyer, D.L. and H.O. Schwassmann:
Electrophysiological method for determination of refractive state in fish eyes.
Vision Res. 10, 1301-1303, 1970

Schaefer, K.-P., D.L. Meyer and D. Schott:
Optic and vestibular influences on ear movements.
Brain Behav. Evol. 4, 323-333, 1971

Meyer, D.L., K.-P. Schaefer and A. Winkelmann:
Interaction of acoustic and vestibular afferent activity observed in ear muscles.
Z. Neurol. 200, 213-218, 1971

Schwassmann, H.O. and D.L. Meyer:
Refractive state and accommodation in the eye of three species of Paralabrax (Serranidae, pisces)
Vidensk. Meddr. dansk. naturh. Foren 134, 103-108, 1971

Meyer, D.L., K.-P. Schaefer and A. Winkelmann:
Single unit responses of rabbit ear-muscles to postural and accelerative stimulation.
Exp. Brain Res. 14, 118-126, 1972

Meyer, D.L., S. Meyer-Hamme and K.-P. Schaefer:
Electrophysiological investigation of refractive state and accommodation in the rabbit´s eye.
Pflügers Arch. 332, 80-86, 1972

Schaefer, K.-P. and D.L. Meyer:
Compensatory mechanisms following labyrinthine lesions in the guinea-pig. A simple model of learning.
In: H.P. Zippel, Ed. Memory and transfer of information, 203-232. New York - London; Plenum Press, 1973

Meyer, D.L., D. Bonnemann and K.-P. Schaefer:
Equalization of asymmetries of tonus in the optomotor system of rabbits. A study on oculomotor neurons.
Exp. Brain Res. 18, 505-511, 1973

Meyer, D.L.:
Tectum opticum und Orientierungsreaktion.
Biologie in unserer Zeit 4, 107-112. 1974

Schaefer, K.-P. and D.L. Meyer:
Compensation of vestibular lesions.
In: H.H. Kornhuber, ed. Handb. Sens. Physiol. VI/2, 463-490, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer, 1974

Schaefer, K.-P., D.L. Meyer, U. Büttner and D. Schott:
The effect of head position on oculomotor discharge patterns in rabbits.
In: G. Lennerstrand and P. Bach-Y-Rita, eds. Basic mechanisms of ocular motility and their clinical implications, 457-459, Pergamon Press Oxford and New York, 1975

Schaefer, K.-P., D. Schott and D.L. Meyer:
On the organization of neuronal circuits involved in the generation of the orientation response (Visual Graspreflex).
Fortschr. Zool. 23, 199-212. 1975

Meyer, D.L., W. Heiligenberg and T.H. Bullock:
The ventral substrate response. A new postural control mechanism in fishes.
J. Comp. Physiol. 109, 59-68, 1976

Meyer, D.L., C. Platt and H.-J. Distel:
Postural control mechanisms in the upside-down catfish (Synodontis nigriventris).
J. Comp. Physiol. 110, 323-331, 1976

Eaton, R.C., R.A. Bombardieri and D.L. Meyer:
The Mauthner-initiated startle response in teleost fish.
J. Exp. Biol. 66, 65-81, 1977

Meyer, D.L., R. Becker and W. Graf:
The ventral substrate response of fishes. Comparative investigation of the VSR about the roll and the pitch axis.
J. Comp. Physiol. 117, 209-217, 1977

Meyer, D.L. and H. Bullock:
The hypothesis of sense-organ-dependent tonus mechanisms.
Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 290, 3-17, 1977

Schaefer, K.-P., G. Wilhelms and D.L. Meyer:
Der Einfluss von Alkohol auf die zentralnervösen Ausgleichsvorgänge nach Labyrinthausschaltung.
Z Rechtsmed. 81, 249-260, 1978

Graf, W. and D.L. Meyer:
Eye positions in fishes suggest different modes of interaction between commands and reflexes.
J. Comp. Physiol. 128, 241-250, 1978

Meyer, D.L., W. Graf and U. von Seydlitz-Kurzbach:
The role of integrators in maintaining actively assumed abnormal postures. A study of postural mechanisms in geckos.
J. Comp. Physiol. 131, 235-246, 1979

Bullock, T.H., N. Fernandez-Souza, W. Graf, W. Heiligenberg, G. Langner, D.L. Meyer, F. Pimentel-Soua, H. Scheich and T.A. Viancour:
Aspectos do uso da descarga do orgao elétrico e elétrorrepçao nos Gymnotoidei e outros peixes amazônicos. - (Aspects of the use of electric organ discharge and electroreception in Amazonian Gymnotoidei and other fishes). Acta Amazônica 9, 549-572, 1979

Schaefer, K.-P., D.L. Meyer and H. Zierau:
Neural activity pattern in different brain stem structures during eye-head movements. In: Reflex control of posture and movement; Progr. in Brain Res. 50; eds. R. Granit and O. Pompeiano, Elsevier 805-812, 1979

Schaefer, K.-P., D.L. Meyer and G. Wilhelms:
Somatosensory and cerebellar influences on compensation of labyrinthine lesions. In: Reflex Control of Posture and Movement; Progr. in Brain Res. 50; eds. R. Granit and O. Pompeiano, Elsevier 591-598, 1979

Ebbesson, S.O.E. and D.L. Meyer:
The visual system of the guitar fish (Rhinobatus productus)
Cell Tissue Res. 206, 243-250, 1980

Meyer, D.L., U. von Seydlitz-Kurzbach and E. Fiebig:
Bilaterally asymmetrical uptake of [14C] 2-Deoxyglucose by the octavo-lateralis complexes in flatfish.
Cell Tissue Res. 214, 659-662, 1981

Schaefer, K.-P. and D.L. Meyer:
Aspects of vestibular compensation in guinea pigs. In: Lesion-Induced Neuronal Plasticity in Sensorimotor Systems.Eds: H. Flohr and W. Precht,
Springer, Heidelberg, 197-207, 1981

Ebbesson, S.O.E., D.L. Meyer and H. Scheich:
Connections of the olfactory bulb in the piranha (Serrasalmus nattereri).
Cell Tissue Res. 216, 167-180, 1981

Meyer, D.L. and S.O.E. Ebbesson:
Retinofugal and retinopetal connections in the upside-down catfish (Synodontis nigriventris)
Cell Tissue Res. 218, 389-401, 1981

Meyer, D.L., E. Fiebig and S.O.E. Ebbesson:
A note on the reciprocal connections between the retina and the brain in the puffer fish (Tetraodon fluviatilis)
Neurosci. Lett. 23, 111-115, 1981

Ebbesson, S.O.E. and D.L. Meyer:
Efferents to the retina have multiple sources in teleost fish.
Science 214, 924-926, 1981

Gerwerzhagen, K., M.J. Rickmann, D.L. Meyer and S.O.E. Ebbesson:
Optic tract cells projecting to the retina in the teleost, Pantodon buchholzi.
Cell Tissue Res. 225, 23-28, 1982

Graf, W. and D.L.Meyer:
Central mechanisms counteract visually induced tonus asymmetries. A study of ocular responses to unilateral illumination in goldfish.
J. Comp. Physiol. 150, 473-481, 1983

Meyer, D.L., K. Gerwerzhagen, E. Fiebig, F. Ahlswede and S.O.E. Ebbesson:
An isthmo-optic system in a bony fish.
Cell Tissue Res. 231, 129-133, 1983

Fiebig, E., S.O.E. Ebbesson and D.L. Meyer:
Afferent connections of the optic tectum in the piranha (Serrasalmus nattereri).
Cell Tissue Res. 231, 55-72, 1983

von Bartheld, C.S., D.L. Meyer, E. Fiebig and S.O.E. Ebbesson:
Central connections of the olfactory bulb in the goldfish, Carassius auratus.
Cell Tissue Res. 238, 475-487, 1984

Fiebig, E. , D.L. Meyer and S.O.E. Ebbesson:
Eye movements evoked from telencephalic stimulations in the piranha (Serrasalmus nattereri).
Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 81A, 67-70, 1985

von Bartheld, C.S. and D.L. Meyer:
Trigeminal and facial innervation of cirri in three teleost species.
Cell Tissue Res. 241, 615-622, 1985

von Bartheld, C.S. and D.L. Meyer:
Tracing of single fibers of the nervus terminalis in the goldfish brain.
Cell Tissue Res. 245, 143-158, 1986

von Bartheld, C.S. and D.L. Meyer:
Central projections of the nervus terminalis in the bichir, Polypterus palmas.
Cell Tissue Res. 244, 181-186, 1986

von Bartheld, C.S. and D.L. Meyer:
Central connections of the olfactory bulb in the bichir, Polypterus palmas, reexamined.
Cell Tissue Res. 244, 527-535, 1986

von Bartheld, C.S., M.J. Rickmann and D.L. Meyer:
A light- and electron-microscopic study of mesencephalic neurons projecting to the ganglion of the nervus terminalis in the goldfish.
Cell Tissue Res., 246, 63-70, 1986

von Bartheld, C.S., H.W. Lindörfer and D.L.Meyer:
The nervus terminalis also exists in cyclostomes and birds.
Cell Tissue Res. 250, 431-434, 1987

Meyer, D.L., C.S. von Bartheld and H.W. Lindörfer:
Evidence for the existence of a terminal nerve in lampreys and in birds.
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 519, 385-391, 1987

von Bartheld, C.S. and D.L. Meyer:
Comparative neurology of the optic tectum in ray-finned fishes: patterns of lamination formed by retinotectal projections.
Brain Res. 420, 277-288, 1987

Schaefer, K.-P. and D.L. Meyer:
Vestibular compensation aspects of time course and de-compensation.
In: Flohr, H. (ed.) Post-Lesion Neural Plasticity, Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg 1988, 313- 320

Zippel, H.P., D.L. Meyer and M. Knaust:
Peripheral and central post-lesion plasticity in the olfactory system of the goldfish: behavior and morphology.
In: Flohr, H. (ed.) Post-Lesion Neural Plasticity, Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, 1988, 577-591

Weiss, O. and D.L. Meyer:
Odor stimuli modulate retinal excitability in fish.
Neurosci. Lett. 93, 209-213, 1988

von Bartheld, C.S., B. Claas, H. Münz and D.L. Meyer:
Primary olfactory projections and the nervus terminalis in the African lungfish: implications for the phylogeny of cranial nerves.
Amer. J. Anat. 182, 325-334, 1988

von Bartheld, C.S. and D.L. Meyer:
Central projections of the nervus terminalis in lampreys, lungfishes and bichirs.
Brain Behav. Evol. 32, 151-159, 1988

Zippel, H.P. and D.L. Meyer:
Behavioral recovery and morphological alterations after lesions in the olfactory system in the goldfish (Carassius auratus).
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 510, 739-741, 1988

von Bartheld, C.S. and D.L. Meyer:
Retinofugal and retinopetal projections in the teleost Channa micropeltes (Channiformes).
Cell Tissue Res. 251, 651-663, 1988

Meyer, D.L., C.R. Malz and S.O.E. Ebbesson:
Retino-petal neurons in the diencephalon of juvenile Lobotes surinomensis (teleostei).
Neurosci. Lett. 51, 51-54, 1989

Hofmann, M.H. and D.L.Meyer:
Central projections of the nervus terminalis in four species of amphibians.
Brain Behav. Evol. 34, 301-307, 1989

Michler, A. and D.L. Meyer:
Contact-guidance of neurite growth: a direct or an indirect effect of physical environment?
J. Hirnforsch. 30, 473-477, 1989

Malz, C.R., S. Pritz and D.L. Meyer:
Isthmo-optic connections in congenitally monophthalmic chicks.
Cell Tissue Res. 257, 649 -652, 1989

Ebbesson, S.O.E. and D.L. Meyer:
Retinopetal cells exist in the optic tectum of steelhead trout.
Neurosci. Lett. 106, 95-98, 1989

Hofmann, M.H., A. Michler and D.L. Meyer:
Thyroxine influences neuronal connectivity in the adult frog brain.
Brain Res. 492, 389-391, 1989

Hofmann, M.H. and D.L. Meyer:
The nervus terminalis in larval and adult Xenopus laevis.
Brain Res. 498, 167-169, 1989

Wullimann, M.F. and D.L.Meyer:
Phylogeny of putative cholinergic visual pathways through the pretectum to the hypothalamus in teleost fish.
Brain Behav. Evol., 36, 14-29, 1990

von Bartheld, C.S. and D.L. Meyer:
Paraventricular organ of the lungfish Protopterus dolloi: morphology and projections of CSF-contacting neurons.
J. Comp. Neurol. 297, 410-434, 1990

von Bartheld, C.S., S.P. Collin and D.L. Meyer:
Dorsomedial telencephalon of lungfishes: a pallial or subpallial structure? Criteria based on histology, connectivity, and histochemistry.
J.Comp. Neurol. 294, 14-29, 1990

Hofmann, M.H., S.O.E. Ebbesson and D.L. Meyer:
Tectal afferents in Rana pipiens. A reassessment questioning the comparability of HRP-results.
J. Hirnforsch. 31, 337-340, 1990

Ebbesson, S.O.E., D.L. Meyer, C.R. Malz and G.T. Bazer:
Ontogeny of the olfacto-retinalis projection in Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch).
J. Exp. Zool. 257, 220-222, 1991

Hofmann, M.H. and D.L. Meyer:
Subdivision of the terminal nerve in Xenopus laevis.
J. Exp. Zool. 259, 324-329, 1991

Malz, C.R., S. Pritz and D.L. Meyer:
Retino-fugal projections in congenitally monophthalmic fish and anurans.
Cell Tissue Res. 265, 459-464, 1991

Malz, C.R., M.R. Rickmann and D. L. Meyer:
Interspecific variations of isthmo-optic projections support the parcellation theory of CNS development.
Verh. Anat. Ges. 85, 503-504, 1991

Hofmann, M.H. and D.L. Meyer:
Functional subdivisions of the olfactory system correlate with lectin-binding properties in Xenopus.
Brain Res. 564, 344-347, 1991

Wullimann, M.F., M.H. Hofmann and D.L. Meyer:
Histochemical, connectional and cytoarchitectonic evidence for a secondary reduction of the pretectum in the european eel, Anguilla anguilla: a case of parallel evolution.
Brain Behav. Evol. 38, 290-301, 1991

Wullimann, M.F., D.L. Meyer and R.G. Northcutt.
The visually related posterior pretectal nucleus in the non-percomorph teleost Osteoglossum bicirrhosum projects to the hypothalamus: a DiI study.
J. Comp. Neurol. 312, 415-435, 1991

Wullimann, M.F., M.H. Hofmann and D.L.Meyer:
The valvula cerebelli of the spiny eel, Macrognathus aculeatus, receives primary lateral-line afferents from the rostrum of the upper jaw.
Cell Tissue Res. 266, 285-293, 1991

Hofmann, M.H. and D.L. Meyer:
Peripheral origin of olfactory nerve fibers by-passing the olfactory bulb in Xenopus laevis.
Brain Res. 589, 161-163, 1992

Schaefer, K.-P. and D.L. Meyer:
Eye and head movements as specialized functions of vestibular circuits. In: Berthoz, A., W. Graf and P.P. Vidal (eds.) The Head-Neck Sensory Motor System. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 241-243, 1992

Erdö, S.L., D.L. Meyer, C.R. Malz, M.H. Hofmann and S.O.E. Ebbesson:
Changes in ligand binding to GABAA receptor sites in pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus) brain during spawning migration and "aging".
J. Hirnforsch. 33, 467-469, 1992

Hofmann, M.H. and D.L. Meyer:
Visual-evoked responses in the salmon telencephalon change during smolt transformation.
Neurosci. Lett. 155, 234-236, 1993

Zippel, H.P., M. Hofmann, D.L. Meyer and S. Zeman:
Functional and morphological regeneration of olfactory tracts and subtracts in goldfish.
J. Comp. Physiol. A, 172, 91-99, 1993

Schober, A., C.R. Malz and D.L. Meyer:
Enzymehistochemical demonstration of nitric oxide synthase in the diencephalon of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mickiss).
Neurosci. Lett. 151, 67-70, 1993

Meyer, D.L., J. Lara, C.R. Malz and W. Graf:
Diencephalic projections to the retinae in two species of flatfishes (Scophthalmus maximus and Pleuronectes platessa).
Brain Res. 601, 308-312, 1993

Hofmann, M.H., C. Pinuela and D.L. Meyer:
Retinopetal projections from diencephalic neurons in a primitive actinopterygian fish, the sterlet Acipenser ruthenus.
Neurosci. Lett. 161, 30-32, 1993

Wullimann, M.F. and D.L. Meyer:
Possible multiple evolution of indirect telencephalo-cerebellar pathways in teleosts: studies in Carassius auratus and Pantodon buchholzi.
Cell Tissue Res. 274, 447-455, 1993

Pritz-Homeier, S., S. Hanisch, C.R. Malz, H. Michel, D.L. Meyer and A. Reichenbach:
Optic tectum in congenitally monophthalmic fishes and chicks.
J. Hirnforsch. 34, 407-415, 1993

Malz, C.R. and D.L. Meyer:
Interspecific variation of isthmo-optic projections in poikilothermic vertebrates.
Brain Res. 661, 259-264, 1994

Feyerabend, B., C.R. Malz and D.L. Meyer:
Birds that feed-on-the-wing have few isthmo-optic neurons.
Neurosci. Lett. 182, 66-68, 1994

Schober, A., D.L. Meyer and C.S. von Bartheld.
Central projections of the nervus terminalis and the nervus praeopticus in the lungfish brain revealed by nitric oxide synthase.
J. Comp. Neurol. 349, 1-19, 1994

Meyer, D.L:, C.R. Malz, M.H. Hofmann and C. Pinuela:
Centrifugal innervation of the retina in bony fishes: review of a century of research. In: Advances in Fish Biology and Fisheries, H.R. Singh. (ed.), Hindustan Publishing Corporation Delhi - Chaman Offset Printers, 215-232, 1994

Schober, A., C.R. Malz, W. Schober and D.L. Meyer:
NADPH-diaphorase in the central nervous system of the larval lamprey (Lampetra planeri).
J. Comp. Neurol. 345, 94-104, 1994

Rickmann, M., J.R. Wolff and D.L. Meyer:
Expression of S100 protein in the vestibular nuclei during compensation of unilateral labyrinthectomy symptoms.
Brain Res. 688, 8-14, 1995

Hofmann, M.H. and D.L. Meyer:
The extrabulbar olfactory pathway: Primary olfactory fibers bypassing the olfactory bulb in bony fishes?
Brain Behav. Evol. 46, 378-388, 1995

Naujoks-Manteuffel and D.L. Meyer:
Glial fibrillary acidic protein in the brain of the caecilian Typhlonectes natans (Amphibia, Gymnophiona):
an immunocytochemical study. Cell Tissue Res. 283, 51-58, 1996

Meyer, D.L., A.G. Jadhao and E. Kicliter:
Soybean agglutinin binding by primary olfactory and primary accessory olfactory projections in different frogs.
Brain Res. 722, 222-226, 1996

Meyer, D.L., C.R. Malz and A.G. Jadhao:
Nervus terminalis projection to the retina in the "four-eyed" fish Anableps anableps.
Neurosci. Lett. 213, 87-90, 1996

Meyer, D.L., A.G. Jadhao, S. Bhargava and E. Kicliter:
Bulbar representation of the "water-nose" during Xenopus ontogeny.
Neurosci. Lett. 220, 109-112, 1996

Reichenbach, A., Pritz-Hohmeier, S., H. Michel, C.R. Malz and D.L. Meyer:
LiCI-induced malformations of the eyes and the rostral CNS in Xenopus laevis.
J. Brain Res. 38, 35-45, 1997

Meyer, D.L., I.R. Fackler, A.G. Jadhao, B. D'Aniello and E. Kicliter:
Differential labelling of primary olfactory system subcomponents by SBA (lectin) and NADPH-d histochemistry in the frog Pipa.
Brain Res. 762, 275-280, 1997

Meyer, D.L. and R.K. Rastogi:
Olfaction and reproduction. In: Knobil, E. and J.D. Neill (eds.); Encyclopedia of Reproduction. Academic Press San Diego, pp. 445-456, 1998

Rastogi, R.K., D.L. Meyer, C. Pinelli, M. Fiorentino and B. D'Aniello:
Comparative analysis of GnRH neuronal systems in the amphibian brain.
Gen. Comp. Endocrinol 112, 330-345, 1998

Malz, C.R., H. Jahn and D.L. Meyer:
Centrifugal Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH2-like immunoreactive innervation of the retina in a non-teleost bony fish, Lepisostens osseus.
Neurosci. Lett. 264, 33-36, 1999