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The neuroanatomical basis of feeding behavior in the pteropod mollusc, Clione limacina (Phipps)

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    In order to investigate neural mechanisms underlying the switching from hovering-swimming to hunting behavior in the carnivorous mollusc Clione limacina, the innervation of the major muscle bands was studied. The destination of a majority of nerves was traced.

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    Nervous cells sending their processes in the sensory motor nerves were mapped using the retrograde transport of cobalt ions.

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    The combination of morphological investigation, with local extracellular stimulation of groups of cells in semi-intact preparations, provided a detailed description of the functional involvement of the majority of the neural elements in either type of behavior. As a result, detailed diagrams for intracellular investigation of participation of individual cells and functional groups were obtained.

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  1. Laboratory of Neurobiology of Learning, Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Butlerova 5a, 117865, Moscow, USSR

    I. S. Zakharov & V. N. Ierusalimsky

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Zakharov, I.S., Ierusalimsky, V.N. The neuroanatomical basis of feeding behavior in the pteropod mollusc, Clione limacina (Phipps). J Comp Physiol A 170, 525–532 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00191468

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