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Motor activity of infusoria: Theoretical and applied aspects

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The article considers morpho-functional organization of cilia—the infusorian locomotion organs—and shows a great complexity of motor behavior of these unicellulars. The problem of control of locomotor activity of infusorian as the single organism is discussed, and the conclusion is made that the system of control of movements is to be multilevel and to include receptor, afferent, central, efferent, and effector links. The role of central integrator and coordinator of motor behavior can be played by the cell nucleus (macronucleus) closely connected with periphery by cytoskeleton dynamic elements. The problem of fight with infusoria parasitizing in the human and animal bodies by impairing motor activity of these unicellulars is also discussed.

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    V. L. Svidersky, V. S. Gorelkin & S. I. Plotnikova

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Original Russian Text © V. L. Svidersky, Yu. V. Lobzin, V. S. Gorelkin, S. I. Plotnikova, 2007, published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2007, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 379–390.

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Svidersky, V.L., Lobzin, Y.V., Gorelkin, V.S. et al. Motor activity of infusoria: Theoretical and applied aspects. J Evol Biochem Phys 43, 453–466 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022093007050015

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