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Mechanisms controlling the sensitivity of the Limulus lateral eye in natural lighting
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie - Tập 189 - Trang 643-653 - 2003
Electroretinograms were recorded from the horseshoe crab compound eye using a high-intensity light-emitting diode and a whole-eye seawater electrode. Recordings were made from both lateral eyes in natural daylight or in continuous darkness with the optic nerve intact or cut. Recordings from two eyes of the same animal in different conditions facilitated direct comparisons of the effects of diurnal lighting and circadian efferent activity on the daily patterns of sensitivity of the eye. Structural changes appear to account for about half of the total electroretinogram excursion. Circadian input begins about 45 min in advance of sunset and the nighttime sensitivity returns to the daytime values 20 min after sunrise. When the optic nerve is cut, the nighttime sensitivity shows exponential decay over the next 5 or 6 days, consistent with a light-triggered structural light adaptation process unopposed by efferent input. Our results suggest that two mechanisms mediate the increase in lateral eye sensitivity at night—physiological dark adaptation and circadian efferent input. Three mechanisms appear to be involved in mediating the decrease in lateral eye sensitivity during daylight—physiological light adaptation, a continuous structural light adaptation process, and a separate light-triggered, efferent-primed structural light adaptation process.
Chemical communication in heliothine moths
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie - Tập 169 - Trang 249-258 - 1991
Beobachtungen und Experimente zur Biologie des Regenwurms. I. (Lauterzeugung. Formsinn und chemischer Sinn.)
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie - Tập 2 - Trang 57-81 - 1924
Die Wirkung kurzwelligen ultravioletten Lichtes auf Frösche
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie - Tập 37 - Trang 459-481 - 1955
Erwachsene Männchen von Rana temporaria und Rana esculenta wurden mit dem Licht eines Quecksilberhochdruckbrenners der Osram-Ultravitaluxlampe bestrahlt. Dabei traten charakteristische Veränderungen auf, die wohl in der Hauptsache von dem Wellenlängenbereich von λ=250–260 mμ verursacht werden, da sie bei Vorschaltung von Uviolglas (Schottfilter WG 7) unterblieben.
Dynamic properties of two control systems underlying visually guided turning in house-flies
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie - - 1987
Tail position affects the body temperature of rats during cold exposure in a low-energy state
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie - Tập 198 - Trang 89-95 - 2011
Rats place their tails underneath their body trunks when cold (tail-hiding behavior). The aim of the present study was to determine whether this behavior is necessary to maintain body temperature. Male Wistar rats were divided into ‘fed’ and ‘42-h fasting’ groups. A one-piece tail holder (8.4 cm in length) that prevented the tail-hiding behavior or a three-piece tail holder (2.8 cm in length) that allowed for the tail-hiding behavior was attached to the tails of the rats. The rats were exposed to 27°C for 180 min or to 20°C for 90 min followed by 15°C for 90 min with continuous body temperature and oxygen consumption measurements. Body temperature decreased by −1.0 ± 0.1°C at 15°C only in the rats that prevented tail-hiding behavior of the 42-h fasting group, and oxygen consumption increased at 15°C in all animals. Oxygen consumption was not different between the rats that prevented tail-hiding behavior and the rats that allowed the behavior in the fed and 42-h fasting groups under ambient conditions. These results show that the tail-hiding behavior is involved in thermoregulation in the cold in fasting rats.
Directional components derived from initial-orientation data of inexperienced homing pigeons
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie - Tập 159 - Trang 143-159 - 1986
1,324 vanishing bearings of individual pigeons, completely inexperienced in homing, were recorded during 100 releases at 36 sites symmetrically distributed around their home loft near Würzburg at distances ranging from 7 to 180 km. Two directional components could be derived from the data: (a) a weak but significant ‘homeward component’ pointing to the loft site and (b) a more pronounced ‘compass component’ pointing to the northwest (Fig. 1). With the latter kind of tendency the pigeons clearly demonstrated what earlier had been described as ‘preferred compass direction’ (PCD). Homeward directedness at the 36 differently situated release sites is negatively correlated with angular divergence between PCD and homeward direction (Fig. 2). Compass preferences derived from different quartets of symmetrically arranged sites were similar. Over a period of 11 years the PCD varied significantly in time but did not change fundamentally (Figs. 3, 4). Interrelations between various parameters of initial-orientation data were investigated by correlation analyses (Table 3). PCDs have not only been found in the Würzburg area but around many other loft sites as well. They are, however, differently pronounced, and in experienced pigeons they are generally weaker than in first-flight birds. Various reasons (partly evident, partly thought possible) for variability of PCDs, and for their absence in some series of experiments, are discussed. As a PCD persists, and even tends to become clearer, after elimination of homeward orientation by olfactory deprivation, it is concluded that it reflects directional tendencies which are independent of the process of site localization. A great deal of what is called ‘release-site biases’, i.e., site-specific deviations from the beeline course towards home, can be understood on a PCD basis. The functional background of the PCD is unknown. Hypothetical advantages for the pigeons’ homing strategy are considered.
Sensory-motor interactions modulate a primate vocal behavior: antiphonal calling in common marmosets
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie - Tập 192 - Trang 27-38 - 2005
A fundamental issue in neuroscience pertains to how different cortical systems interact to generate behavior. One of the most direct ways to address this issue is to investigate how sensory information is encoded and used to produce a motor response. Antiphonal calling is a natural vocal behavior that involves individuals producing their species-specific long distance vocalization in response to hearing the same call and engages both the auditory and motor systems, as well as the cognitive neural systems involved in decision making and categorization. Here we present results from a series of behavioral experiments investigating the auditory–vocal interactions during antiphonal calling in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). We manipulated sensory input by placing subjects in different social contexts and found that the auditory input had a significant effect on call timing and propensity to call. Playback experiments tested the significance of the timing of vocal production in antiphonal calling and showed that a short latency between antiphonal calls was necessary to maintain reciprocal vocal interactions. Overall, this study shows that sensory-motor interactions can be experimentally induced and manipulated in a natural primate vocal behavior. Antiphonal calling represents a promising model system to examine these issues in non-human primates at both the behavioral and neural levels.
Circannual and circadian rhythms in the snailHelix aspersa Müller and the photoperiodic control of annual activity and reproduction
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie - Tập 142 - Trang 89-94 - 1981
A behavioural study of tactile localization in the crayfishCherax destructor
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie - Tập 163 - Trang 525-536 - 1988
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