Date of Award
1974
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Ache, Barry W.
Abstract
The physiological effect of antennular flicking was analyzed behaviorally and electrophysiologically in the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Behavioral studies indicate that glycine and L-glutamic acid cause a transient concentration-dependent increase in flick rate. Electro-physiological analysis of primary chemosensory afferents indicates that flicking modulates ongoing chemically-elicited activity in approximately half of the units observed by causing either a brief increase or decrease in the frequency of impulses. Responses of remaining units were not altered by flicking. Antennular flicking is discussed as a mechanism to prolong the address of the peripheral chemoreceptors to the central nervous system and allow the lobster to prolong its awareness of the chemical environment.
Extent
40 p.
Recommended Citation
BOUTON, REBECCA KYLE, "PERIPHERAL MODULATION OF CHEMOSENSORY ACTIVITY IN THE SPINY LOBSTER, PANULIRUS ARGUS" (1974). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 304.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/304
Identifier
FADT13643
Comments
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.