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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 1, 1999, 19(11):4634-4643
Sensory Feedback Can Coordinate the Swimming Activity of the Leech
Xintian Yu, Binh Nguyen, and W. Otto Friesen Department of Biology, National Science Foundation Center for Biological Timing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2477
Previous studies showed that sensory feedback from the body wall is important and sometimes critical for generating normal, robust swimming activity in leeches. In this paper, we evaluate the role of sensory feedback in intersegmental coordination using both behavioral and physiological measurements. We severed the ventral nerve cord of leeches in midbody and then made video and in situ extracellular recordings from swimming animals. Our electrophysiological recordings unequivocally demonstrate that active intersegmental coordination occurs in leeches with severed nerve cords, refuting Schülter's (1933) earlier conclusions that sensory feedback cannot coordinate swimming activity. Intersegmental coordination can in fact be achieved by sensory feedback alone, without the intersegmental interactions conveyed by the nerve cord.
Key words: leech; swimming; sensory feedback; intersegmental coordination; CPG; oscillator; locomotion
Copyright © 1999 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/99/19114634-10$05.00/0
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