通过外围运动程序控制章鱼的手臂延伸
G Sumbre1, Y Gutfreund, G Fiorito
1Department of Neurobiology and Interdisciplinary Center for Neuronal Computation, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
概括
章鱼的手臂运动可以在没有大脑输入的情况下触发,这表明运动程序嵌入了手臂自身的神经回路. 这简化了理解这种复杂,多关节的附属体的控制.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
- 生物力学 生物力学
背景情况:
- 目标导向的运动依赖于来自神经系统的顺序运动指令.
- 章鱼的手臂拥有大量的自由度,使得它们的控制非常复杂.
- 了解无脊椎动物运动控制的神经基础对于比较生物学至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查章鱼手臂是否具有独立于大脑的内在运动控制能力.
- 为了分析没有中枢神经系统输入而唤起的章鱼手臂延伸的运动特征.
- 为了确定外围电机程序是否简化了对高度冗余的附件的控制.
主要方法:
- 通过机械刺激唤起章鱼的手臂延伸.
- 通过电刺激唤起章鱼的手臂延伸.
- 分析唤起手臂延伸的动力学,并将其与正常的自愿运动进行比较.
主要成果:
- 在没有大脑的章鱼手臂中,机械和电气成功地唤起了手臂延伸.
- 这些唤起的延伸的动力学与正常的,由大脑控制的运动非常相似.
- 这表明,手臂延伸的基本运动程序是在手臂的外周神经系统中生成的.
结论:
- 章鱼的手臂包含内在的神经电路,能够产生复杂的运动程序来进行自愿运动.
- 外围运动程序大大简化了这种高度冗余的附属体所需的神经控制.
- 这一发现对了解有复杂多关节四肢的生物体的运动控制有意义.
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