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Novel peripheral motor neurons in the posterior tentacles of the snail responsible for local tentacle movements

Hernádi, László and Kiss, Tibor and Krajcs, Nóra and Teyke, T. (2014) Novel peripheral motor neurons in the posterior tentacles of the snail responsible for local tentacle movements. INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE, 14 (2). pp. 127-136. ISSN 1354-2516

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Abstract

Three flexor muscles of the posterior tentacles of the snail Helix pomatia have recently been described. Here, we identify their local motor neurons by following the retrograde transport of neurobiotin injected into these muscles. The mostly unipolar motor neurons (15-35 A mu m) are confined to the tentacle digits and send motor axons to the M2 and M3 muscles. Electron microscopy revealed small dark neurons (5-7 A mu m diameter) and light neurons with 12-18 (T1 type) and 18-30 A mu m diameters (T2 type) in the digits. The diameters of the neurobiotin-labeled neurons corresponded to the T1 type light neurons. The neuronal processes of T1 type motor neurons arborize extensively in the neuropil area of the digits and receive synaptic inputs from local neuronal elements involved in peripheral olfactory information processing. These findings support the existence of a peripheral stimulus-response pathway, consisting of olfactory stimulus-local motor neuron-motor response components, to generate local lateral movements of the tentacle tip ("quiver"). In addition, physiological results showed that each flexor muscle receives distinct central motor commands via different peritentacular nerves and common central motor commands via tentacle digits, respectively. The distal axonal segments of the common pathway can receive inputs from local interneurons in the digits modulating the motor axon activity peripherally without soma excitation. These elements constitute a local microcircuit consisting of olfactory stimulus-distal segments of central motor axons-motor response components, to induce patterned contraction movements of the tentacle. The two local microcircuits described above provide a comprehensive neuroanatomical basis of tentacle movements without the involvement of the CNS.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Muscles; PATHWAYS; BEHAVIOR; HELIX-POMATIA; ACHATINA-FULICA; Tentacle flexor muscles; Olfactory orientation; helix pomatia; Foraging
Subjects: R Medicine / orvostudomány > R1 Medicine (General) / orvostudomány általában
R Medicine / orvostudomány > RC Internal medicine / belgyógyászat > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry / idegkórtan, neurológia, pszichiátria
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 05 Dec 2014 07:29
Last Modified: 05 Dec 2014 07:29
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/18869

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