IDENTIFICATION OF MAUTHNER-INITIATED RESPONSE PATTERNS IN GOLDFISH - EVIDENCE FROM SIMULTANEOUS CINEMATOGRAPHY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
IDENTIFICATION OF MAUTHNER-INITIATED RESPONSE PATTERNS IN GOLDFISH - EVIDENCE FROM SIMULTANEOUS CINEMATOGRAPHY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01326837
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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WIELAND, CM
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EATON, RC;LAVENDER, WA;WIELAND, CM
The Mauthner (M)-cell action potential is correlated with the onset of C-type fast-start responses beginning with a contraction of the contralateral body musculature. Extracellular recordings were made from individual M-cells with chronically implanted microelectrodes in 6 goldfish while the animals were free to swim in an aquarium (19-23.degree. C). Fast-start responses were elicited by dropping a ball into the aquarium from above the fish. Behavior was filmed at 500 frames/s with a high-speed cine camera. In 45 responses, the M-cell action potential (M-spike) fired 7.4 ms .+-. 6.7 (.+-. SD) after the ball hit the water. The M-spike was followed after 8.1 ms .+-. 1.6 by the 1st stage of a C-type fast-start response that began with an initial contraction of the body on the side opposite the monitored M-cell. This is consistent with neuroanatomical and physiological evidence that the M-cell excites contralateral motor neurons. No M-spike was recorded in 18 trials when the C-start began with an initial contraction on the same side as the monitored M-cell. Such responses were probably initiated by the unmonitored M-cell on the opposite side of the brain. There was also no M-spike when the fish did not respond to the stimulus (10 trials). M-initiated C-starts fell into 2 different response categories differentiated by the turns taken during the 2nd stage of the motor pattern. In most cases (83%) the animal continued in the trajectory of its initial turn. In 17% of the responses the 2nd stage turn was in a direction opposite that taken initially, so that the animal darted forward. The maximum mean displacement speed of 3 fish in 21 trials was 18 body lengths/s as measured from the rostrum. This occurred at about 16 ms after the response began. Maximum mean angular velocity of the head was 3500.degree./s. This occurred at 10 ms after the response began. The values correspond to the pronounced lateral movement of the head during the intial stage of the response. The M-initiated 1st stage was stereotypic in terms of trajectory taken and the mechanical performance of the animal. The turning performance during the 2nd stage was variable from trial to trial. M-initiated responses were directed away from the stimulus. The M-cell on the side closest to the ball was the one that usually fired (85% of the trials) so that the initial turn was away from the stimulus. During 87% of the 2nd stage responses, the animal oriented away from the stimulus.