Spike generation in the lateral-line afferents ofXenopus laevis: Evidence favoring multiple sites of initiation

1973 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Murray ◽  
R. R. Capranica
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Line ◽  
Spike Generation ◽  
Lateral Line Afferents

Electroreceptors and Direction Specific Arrangement in the Lateral Line System of Salamanders?

1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 493-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Fritzsch
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Line ◽  
Fiber Bundles ◽  
Sensory Cells ◽  
Lateral Line System ◽  
Line System ◽  
Lateral Line Organ ◽  
Posterior Lateral Line ◽  
Afferent Fibers ◽  
Lateral Line Afferents ◽  
Line Organ

Abstract The arrangement of the lateral line afferents of salamanders as revealed by transganglionic staining with horse­ radish peroxidase is described. Each lateral line organ is supplied by two fibers only. In the medulla these two afferent fibers run in separate fiber bundles. It is suggested, that only those fibers contacting lateral line sensory cells with the same polarity form together one bundle. Bundles formed by anterior or posterior lateral line afferents are also clearly separated. Beside the lateral line organs smaller pit organs are described. These organs are supplied by one afferent only which reveals an arrangement in the medulla different from that of the lateral line afferents. Based on anatomical facts, these small pit organs are considered to be electroreceptors. Centrifugally projecting neurons, most probably efferents, are described in the medulla.

Projection patterns of lateral-line afferents in anurans: A comparative HRP study

1984 ◽  
Vol 229 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Fritzsch ◽  
Alfeo M. Nikundiwe ◽  
Udo Will
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Line ◽  
Lateral Line Afferents

Responses of anterior lateral line afferent neurones to water flow

2000 ◽  
Vol 203 (16) ◽  
pp. 2495-2502 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Voigt ◽  
A.G. Carton ◽  
J.C. Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Lateral Line System ◽  
Line System ◽  
Water Currents ◽  
Absolute Flow ◽  
Hydrodynamic Stimuli ◽  
Lateral Line Afferents ◽  
Response To Water

The mechanoreceptive lateral line system detects hydrodynamic stimuli and plays an important role in a number of types of fish behaviour, including orientation to water currents. The lateral line is composed of hair cell receptor organs called neuromasts that occur as superficial neuromasts on the surface of the skin or canal neuromasts located in subepidermal canals. Both are innervated by primary afferents of the lateral line nerves. Although there have been extensive studies of the response properties of lateral line afferents to vibrating sources, their response to water flow has not been reported. In this study, we recorded extracellularly from anterior lateral line afferents in the New Zealand long-fin eel Anguilla dieffenbachii while stimulating the eel with unidirectional water flows at 0.5-4 cm s(−)(1). Of the afferents, 80 % were flow-sensitive to varying degrees, the response magnitude increasing with flow rate. Flow-sensitive fibres gave non-adapting tonic responses, indicating that these fibres detect absolute flow velocity. Further studies are needed to confirm whether flow-sensitive and flow-insensitive fibres correlate with superficial and canal neuromasts, respectively.

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