A device for measuring patterns of locomotor behavior in the earthworm |
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| Authors: | F. E. McManus Everett J. Wyers |
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| Affiliation: | 1. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794, Stony Brook, New York
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| Abstract: | A simple device capable of eliciting and detecting earthworm locomotor activity is described and its use outlined. Movement is recorded as an animal crawls in a spoked, revolving wheel. The wheel permits peristaltic crawling, yet restricts the type and timing of other movements. As a result, records of activity differentiate the rate and patterning of peristaltic crawling from changes in bodily position. |
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