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C M Lent

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PubMed1977

The mechanism for co-ordinating metachronal limb movements between joined male and female Artemia salina during precopulatory behaviour.

Male and female Artemia salina swim in tandem pairs before copulation and during this period the metachronal rhythms of the individuals are entrained. Artemia entrain to pulsatile water stimulation of the head at frequencies between 4 and 6 Hz. The antennules are mechano-sensitive. Antennular responsiveness to phasic input is very probably the actual mechanism by which interorganism co-ordination is achieved, as mechano-stimulation of other Artemia structures, electro-stimulation and photo-stimulation are ineffective modes of entraining metachronal movements.

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PubMed1976

Parietal eye of the lizard: neuronal photoresponses and feedback from the pineal gland.

The parietal eye of the lizard responds to illumination by sending afferent impulses to the pineal gland during daylight, the photophase. The pineal gland has efferently conducting neurons which are especially sensitive to norepinephrine and whose feedback to the parietal eye enhances its photo responsiveness. During the scotophase, at night, the eye generates afferent impulses to the cessation of light and the pineal efferents are most sensitive to serotonin. Thus, the photo-and chemoresponses of this system of interacting neurons are nearly reversed during the two phases of the daily photoperiod of the lizard.

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PubMed1973

Retzius cells: neuroeffectors controlling mucus release by the leech.

Mucus release from the skin of leeches is under the control of the pair of large Retzius cells in each segmental ganglion. The rate of mucus release increases with the impulse activity of Retzius cells and with the concentration of their putative neurotransmitter, 5-hydroxytryptamine, to which the skin is exposed.

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AIDS: another threat.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗