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The influence of light on the spontaneous movements of chick embryos

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In experiments on chick embryos made between the 4th and 9th day of incubation it was found that the light influenced motor activity as soon as it set in. Initially the effect was activation, but after seven days of incubation it became inhibitory. A characteristic feature was that the effect of light was inversely related to the initial level of activity.

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  1. Laboratory of the Development of Nervous Activity in Animal Ontogenesis I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology, AM SSSR, Leningrad

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Bursian, A.V. The influence of light on the spontaneous movements of chick embryos. Bull Exp Biol Med 58, 767–770 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00862676

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