Chemosensory pathways in the capitate tentacles of the hydroid Cladonema

• Published in: Invertebrate neuroscience Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 23 - 32
• Main Authors: Price, Rebecca B, Anderson, Peter A V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Springer Nature B.V 01.03.2006
• Subjects: Animals; Artemia; Chemoreceptor Cells - physiology; Cnidaria - physiology; Evoked Potentials - physiology; Neural Pathways - physiology; Neurons - physiology; Seawater

The introduction of an extract of Artemia into the sea water bathing tentacles from the hydroid Cladonema triggers a burst of electrical activity that can be recorded intracellularly from cnidocytes in the capitate tentacles. These bursts, which are composed of a variety of events, including action...