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Visual responses in the central nervous system of the scallopPecten ziczac

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Electrical activity recorded from the lateral lobe of the visceroparietal ganglion in the scallop Pecten ziczac reflects predominatly the visual response to onset of light stimulation, suggesting that shadow reflex mechanisms likely occur elsewhere within the central nervous system.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, 63121, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    L. A. Wilkens & B. W. Ache

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 33431, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    L. A. Wilkens & B. W. Ache

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We thank Wolfgang Sterrer and the Bermude Biological Station for their cooperation and the use of their facilities. Support was, in part, from an NSF grant to the BBS (PCM 76.13459) and from an NIH grant (NS 12971). This paper is a contribution from the Bermuda Biological Station (No. 708) and the Tallahassee, Sopchoppy and Gulf Coast Marine Biological Association (No. 84).

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Wilkens, L.A., Ache, B.W. Visual responses in the central nervous system of the scallopPecten ziczac. Experientia 33, 1338–1340 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920168

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