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B M A G N E T O R E C E P T I O N — 39
1 I N T R O D U C T I O N — 39
1.1 Magnetoreception in Animals — 39
1.2 The Earth’s Magnetic Field — 41
1.3 Using the Earth’s Magnetic Field — 43
1.4 From Earth to Animal: Available Sensory Information — 44
1.5 From Behavioural Experiment to Proof: Compass Modes — 45
1.6 From Signal to Sensor: Transduction Mechanisms — 47
1.6.1 Magnetoperception via Biochemical Processes — 48
1.6.2 Magnetoreception via Magnetite — 50
1.7 From Sensor to Brain: Neuronal Processing — 57
1.7.1 Immunocytochemical methods — 58
1.8 Arising questions — 60
2 M A T E R I A L A N D M E T H O D S — 61
2.1 Study Animals — 60
2.2 Ruling out Biochemical Processes — 60
2.2.1 Study rationale — 60
2.2.2 Study procedure — 62
2.3 Narrowing down the Receptor Site — 64
2.3.1 Study rationale — 65
2.3.2 Study procedure — 67
2.4 Magnetic Orientation is Binocular — 70
2.4.1. Study rationale — 70
2.4.2. Study procedure — 71
2.5 Revealing Hippocampal Involvement — 71
2.5.1 Study rationale — 71
2.5.2. Study procedure — 71
2.6 Statistical analysis — 75
3 R E S U L T S — 76
3.1 Ruling out Biochemical Processes — 76
3.2 Narrowing down the Receptor Site — 78
3.3 Magnetic Orientation is Binocular — 83
3.4 Revealing Hippocampal Involvement — 87
4 D I S C U S S I O N — 91