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Science 12 July 1963:
Vol. 141. no. 3576, pp. 173 - 174
DOI: 10.1126/science.141.3576.173
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Spontaneous Electrical Activity in the Brains of Diapausing Insects

L. M. Schoonhoven 1

1 Laboratory of Entomology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, Netherlands

The spontaneous electrical activity in cerebral ganglia of several insect species does not disappear during diapause. Some recordings of electrical activity in pupae of the cecropia silkworm (in which the brain is considered to be electrically "silent" during diapause) suggest that at least some activity is maintained, but possibly it is restricted to certain regions of the brain.


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