Summary
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.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
H. K. hartline, J. cell. comp. Physiol.11, 465 (1938).
M. F. Land, J. exp. Biol.45, 83 (1966).
G. J. Mptisos, J. Neurophysiol.36, 371 (1973).
W. J. Dakin, Proc. R. Soc. (B)103, 355 (1928).
V. C. Barber, E. M. Evans and M. F. Land, Z. Zellforsch.76, 295 (1967).
J. S. McReynolds and A. L. F. Gorman, J. gen. Physiol.56, 376 (1970).
D. Kennedy, J. gen. Physiol.44, 277 (1960).
M. F. Land, Symp. Zool. Soc., Lond.23, 75 (1968).
W. von Buddenbrock and I. Moller-Racke, Publ. Staz. zool. Napoli24, 217 (1953).
J. L. Wilkens and L. A. Wilkens, J. Elect. Physiol. Tech.5, 35 (1976).
W. J. Dakin, Quart. J. microsc. Sci.55, 49 (1910).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
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).
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
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
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920168