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Science 17 December 1971:
Vol. 174. no. 4015, pp. 1252 - 1256
DOI: 10.1126/science.174.4015.1252
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Articles
Central and Peripheral Control of Gill Movements in Aplysia
I. Kupfermann 1,
H. Pinsker 1,
V. Castellucci 1, and
E. R. Kandel 1
1 Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry, New York University Medical School and Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York, New York 10016
Two types of gill contraction in Aplysia were used to study the relation of peripheral and central pathways in controlling behavioral responses in a mollusk. A weak or moderate tactile stimulus to the mantle elicits gill contraction (gill-withdrawal reflex) as a component of a more extensive withdrawal response; a stimulus applied directly to the gill elicits a localized response of the gill pinnule (pinnule response). Central pathways through the abdominal ganglion are both necessary and sufficient for the gill-withdrawal reflex, and motor neuron L7 makes direct connections with gill muscles, without engaging the peripheral plexus. Peripheral pathways are necessary and sufficient for the pinnule response. As a result of the independence of peripheral and central pathways, habituation by repeated tactile stimulation of one pathway does not affect the responsiveness of the other pathway.
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