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An Apparatus for Recording Defensive Responses to Tactile Stimulation in the Ground Snail

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We describe here an original working experimental apparatus for non-invasive objective recording of the magnitudes of defensive responses to tactile stimulation in the ground snail. The apparatus includes a tracking device that ensures that the snail's position relative to a light and photodiode remains constant as it ascends a cylinder rotating about a horizontal axis. The device providing tactile stimulation is based on a loudspeaker circuit and provides blows of dosed energy. The snail responds to the tactile stimulation by retracting the antennae, head, and foot, which decreases the area of its shadow; this is recorded by a photodiode.

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  1. Department of Higher Nervous Activity, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

    A. A. Moskvitin & A. S. Pivovarov

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Moskvitin, A.A., Pivovarov, A.S. An Apparatus for Recording Defensive Responses to Tactile Stimulation in the Ground Snail. Neurosci Behav Physiol 34, 323–326 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:NEAB.0000018740.42089.6f

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