Compensational Recovery of Escape Behavior in Unilaterally Cercus-Ablated Crickets (<i>Gryllus bimacu latus</i>).

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  • TAKUWA Hiroyuki
    National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
  • KANOU Masamichi
    Faculty of Education, Ehime University

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  • 片側尾葉切除後のコオロギにおける逃避行動の補償的回復について
  • カタガワ ビ ヨウ セツジョ ゴ ノ コオロギ ニ オケル トウヒ コウドウ ノ ホショウテキ カイフク ニ ツイテ

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<p>When part of an animal’s sensory organs is damaged, the be havior that is controlled by the sensory system can change. However, animal behavior can be compensationally recovered as the nervous system reconstructs itself using information from the remaining sensory organs. Such compensatory re covery of the nervous system and developmental behavior is observed in many animals, including humans. However, little research has been conducted into the mechanism of compen sational recovery. In this paper, we review a cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) model for compensatory recovery of escape behavior in response to air-puff stimulation. After unilateral removal of the cercus, the direction of escape behavior in re sponse to an air-puff becomes abnormal. If the crickets are allowed to walk freely after sensory ablation, compensational recovery of escape direction occurred about 2 weeks. This result suggests that the airflow over the remaining cercus during spontaneous walking is used to realize the defect in the nervous system and compensate escape behavior.</p>

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