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The central representation of intero- and exteroreceptors located in visceral organs and the osphradium were compared in the CNS of Helix pomatia L. (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) and Lymnaea stagnalis L. (Gastropoda, Basommatophora), two pulmonate snail species inhabiting a terrestrial and anaquatic environment, respectively. Semi-intact preparations were used comprising the CNS connected by the corresponding nerves either to the cardio-renal, respiratory and genital systems or to the osphradium. Spike discharges of central neurons and the nerves were recorded simultaneously. The central representation of intero- and exteroreceptors was found to be distributed throughout the CNS and involved about 300 neurons. The majority of the neurons received sensory information from all the studied visceral organs and the osphradium. Among the neurons responding to intero- and exteroreceptors a multimodal reaction to tactile, chemical and osmotic stimuli prevailed while in the osphradium specific reactions also were demonstrated. Central neurons receiving sensory information from visceral organs and the osphradium form overlapping and reorganizing neural circuits using the same neurons in the regulation of heart activity, respiration or reproduction producing the appropriate behaviour. In the selection of sensory information the firing pattern appears to be the main determining factor as bursting neurons do not receive sensory information. The central representation of intero- and exteroreceptors and its variability can be a model system for cellular studies of motivational state and self-perception.
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S.-Rózsa, K. Central Representation of Internal and External Sensory Information in the CNS of Helix Pomatia L. and Lymnaea Stagnalis L.. BIOLOGIA FUTURA 53, 559–573 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1556/ABiol.53.2002.4.15
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