IMAGINAL ECDYSIS OF CRICKET (TELEOGRYLLUS-OCEANICUS) .1. ORGANIZATION OF MOTOR PROGRAMS AND ROLES OF CENTRAL AND SENSORY CONTROL
IMAGINAL ECDYSIS OF CRICKET (TELEOGRYLLUS-OCEANICUS) .1. ORGANIZATION OF MOTOR PROGRAMS AND ROLES OF CENTRAL AND SENSORY CONTROL
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00656847
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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CARLSON, JR
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CARLSON, JR
Ecdysis in the cricket is a highly stereotyped, long-lasting (4 h) behavior, which is composed of independently controlled behavioral components (motor programs), of which 48 are described. Motor programs are recruited in a stereotyped sequence, are active during coincident periods, and terminate when their individual tasks are complete. Some motor programs are recruited a 2nd time and associate with new sets of concurrently active motor programs. Other are optional and can be deleted occasionally. Alternative programs are recruited when ecdysis takes place on a horizontal surface, and backup programs complete tasks failed by earlier programs. Bilateral motor program coordination is symmetric, asymmetric, or alternating, and longitudinal is either synchronous or sequential. The behavior occurs as disrete bouts of activity separated by periods of quiescence. Anterior and posterior motor programs occur during mutually exclusive periods within each bout of activity during the ecdysial phase, and this facilitates cooperation between motor programs. Ecdysis is further divided into 4 functionally distinct phases: preparatory (2 h), anchors and loosens the old cuticle; ecdysial (20 min), extricates the body; expansional (1 h), inflates the new cuticle; and exuvial (30 min), ingests the old cuticle to reclaim nutrients. The intensity of the behavior varies systematically, peaking during each of the 4 phases and declining during transitional periods. Sensory feedback from newly exposed cuticle controls the period of activity bouts, and produces the intensity peaks. Feedback of this sort recruits and terminates motor programs. Complete peeling of the old cuticle 2 h before ecdysis does not trigger the behavior, however. After a 2 h delay, motor program recruitment begins, and the behavior progresses about half way to completion of the ecdysial phase before becoming arrested. Decapitation fails to disrupt the normal sequence of motor program recruitment, although it triggers 1 motor program (peristaltic abdominal waves) when performed at any time during the 4 h ecdysial period. The control of ecdysis is accomplished by a multilayered system of motor programs, a longitudinal bout structure, and 4 functionally distinct phases, in which both central and sensory elements cooperate.