The ascending branch of Mauthner's axon in xenopus: Its possible role in startle reflexes
- 1 July 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Anatomical Record
- Vol. 158 (3) , 251-255
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1091580303
Abstract
A major branch of Mauthner's (M‐) axon has been found in larvae of Xenopus laevis (Daudin). After giving off an inhibitory collateral toward the contralateral M‐cell, the branch continues forward to the preoptic nucleus of the forebrain. Following stimulation of the M‐cell, the function of the ascending branch of its axon may be to elicit startle responses corresponding to the defensive hypothalamic responses of higher vertebrates.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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