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Identification of the nerve bundle in the tractus olfactorius of the tench,Tinca tinca L., which conducts the nervous excitation elicited by the alarm substance

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In a total of 29 tench (Tinca tinca L., Cyprinidae, Ostariophysi, Pisces) we operatively impaired either 1 or 2 of the 3 nerve bundles of both tractus olfactorii. Through behavioral experiments, using the fright reaction as a test, we found out which nerve bundle of the tractus olfactorius conducts the excitation elicited by the alarm substance. According to the results the conducting bundles are exclusively the lateral bundles in both tractus olfactorii.

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  1. Institut für Biologie III, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D-7400, Tübingen, (Federal Republic of Germany)

    W. Pfeiffer, U. Mangold-Wernado & P. Neusteuer

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Pfeiffer, W., Mangold-Wernado, U. & Neusteuer, P. Identification of the nerve bundle in the tractus olfactorius of the tench,Tinca tinca L., which conducts the nervous excitation elicited by the alarm substance. Experientia 40, 219–220 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963609

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