[Constant representation of signal spatial location in the cricket cercal system]. 1976

G I Rozhkova, and N A Polishchuk

Directional sensitivity of the abdominal giant fibers of the cricket to auditory stimulation has been investigated with special interest to the effect of the cerci position on the directional sensitivity of the giant neurons of the terminal abdominal ganglion. It has been shown that at least for some giant neurons the preferred directions of stimulation are practically independent of cerci position. (Fig. 2, 3). By other words these neurons have constant preferred directions in relation to the insect body, but not to the cerci. This property of giant neurons can be accounted for their changeable connections with many receptors having different directional selectivity. If innervation of the giant neuron is artificially restricted to one group of receptors with identical directional selectivity the described constancy of preferred directions in relation to the body disappears (Fig. 4).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007313 Insecta Members of the phylum ARTHROPODA composed or organisms characterized by division into three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. They are the dominant group of animals on earth with several hundred thousand different kinds. Three orders, HEMIPTERA; DIPTERA; and SIPHONAPTERA; are of medical interest in that they cause disease in humans and animals. (From Borror et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed, p1). Insects,Insect
D009949 Orientation Awareness of oneself in relation to time, place and person. Cognitive Orientation,Mental Orientation,Psychological Orientation,Cognitive Orientations,Mental Orientations,Orientation, Cognitive,Orientation, Mental,Orientation, Psychological,Orientations,Orientations, Cognitive,Orientations, Mental,Orientations, Psychological,Psychological Orientations
D000161 Acoustic Stimulation Use of sound to elicit a response in the nervous system. Auditory Stimulation,Stimulation, Acoustic,Stimulation, Auditory
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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