Responses in free swimming fishes to electrical stimulation of the cerebellum.
Responses in free swimming fishes to electrical stimulation of the cerebellum.
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自由游动的鱼类对小脑电刺激的反应。
DOI:
10.1002/aja.1001060205
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发表时间:
1960
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通讯作者:
M. R. Clark
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作者:
S. L. Clark;M. Y. Chung;L. Shine;M. R. Clark
MATERIALS AND METHODSWhile stimulations have been carried out on three groups of fish (goldfish, Car-rassius; sunfish, Lepmis; and catfish, Ic-talurus) the local river catfish was found to be most satisfactory because of its broad head, flattened cerebellar surface and other factors related to availability and ease of handling. Thirty-four catfish were successfully stimulated each having from one to four electrodes on its cerebellum. Five goldfish and five sunfish were successfully used but the two latter species are not as easily controlled or handled as the catfish. Fish weighing 1.5 to two pounds, each obtained from traps or lines, were brought to the laboratory and put in a shallow pool of continuously aerated water, where they stayed until used. At the time of an experiment a single specimen was placed in a tub of aerated water and encased in a closely fitting wire mesh cylinder open above the dorsal surface of the fish. While held so that its mouth was beneath the water and the surface of the head exposed to air, a small opening over the cerebellum was made in the skin and the brain exposed by boring through the cranium with a inch trephine. There was usually little or no bleeding and no movement on the part of the fish as long as the water covered the gills and the mouth. Beneath the bony skull plate, a mass of fatty globules containing a few blood vessels, one of them a prominent median vein, partially obscured the cerebellar surface. There was no thick dura or connective tissue beyond the periosteum, which came away with the bone. An electrode carrier with one or more fine insulated wires was fitted into the opening in the bone and fastened in place by a clasp or by sutures through the adjacent tough skin. The wires were flexible and long enough to allow the fish to swim to all parts of the tub without becoming taut. A ground wire was fastened to a wire mesh immersed in the water. After the electrode was planted the fish was released to swim freely in the water, and stimuli were applied between an electrode and the ground or between two electrodes, at timed intervals with a constant current stimulator,(Montgomery and Ward,’51). The usual threshold was around 0.3 ma and only rarely were stimuli above 1 ma applied. Two observers were present; notes were kept of the effects and at times moving pictures were taken. In a few instances, the EEG was recorded. Under good conditions an experiment could last several hours and ordinarily the fish was quite active to the time when it was de-