TY - JOUR
T1 - Higher centers' control of motor activity in cockroaches
AU - Gal, R.
AU - Kaiser, M.
AU - Emanuel, S.
AU - Libersat, F.
N1 - Abstracts: The 22nd Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Neuroscience (ISFN) & The 2nd Bi national Italy-Israel Neuroscience Meeting
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - Background: The parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa uses cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) as food supply for its offspring. The wasp penetrates the cockroach's head capsule with its stinger and injects venom directly inside the brain, in a neuropile called the central complex (CC) and some in the mushroom bodies (MB), causing the cockroach first to groom extensively and then to become hypokinetic. Previous work shows that the venom contains neurotoxins that decrease neuronal activity. To mimic venom effect, we used a reversible non-selective sodium channel blocker (Procaine) in order to induce a local anesthesia of the CC or the MB separately and evaluate specific changes in behavioral activity.
AB - Background: The parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa uses cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) as food supply for its offspring. The wasp penetrates the cockroach's head capsule with its stinger and injects venom directly inside the brain, in a neuropile called the central complex (CC) and some in the mushroom bodies (MB), causing the cockroach first to groom extensively and then to become hypokinetic. Previous work shows that the venom contains neurotoxins that decrease neuronal activity. To mimic venom effect, we used a reversible non-selective sodium channel blocker (Procaine) in order to induce a local anesthesia of the CC or the MB separately and evaluate specific changes in behavioral activity.
U2 - 10.1007/s12031-014-0252-4
DO - 10.1007/s12031-014-0252-4
M3 - Meeting Abstract
SN - 0895-8696
VL - 53
SP - S40-S41
JO - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
IS - Supplement 1
ER -