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  • Title: Escape responses following elimination of the giant interneuron pathway in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana.
    Author: Comer CM, Dowd JP, Stubblefield GT.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1988 Apr 05; 445(2):370-5. PubMed ID: 3370470.
    Abstract:
    The entire set of giant interneurons (GIs) in the nerve cord of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana, was ablated using either electrolytic or surgical techniques. All animals with these lesions were capable of turning and running away from standard wind puffs. However, all animals responded much less frequently to standard wind stimuli following lesion, and the latency of their responses was significantly increased. These results are discussed in terms of a GI role in extremely short latency escape responses, and the idea that non-GI pathways, perhaps associated with head sensory structures, need to be considered in the normal control of escape in the cockroach.
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