Alarm reaction in the crucian carp is mediated by the medial bundle of the medial olfactory tract.

Abstract:

:Experiments were performed to determine which bundles of the olfactory tracts were essential for mediating alarm reaction in crucian carp (Carassius carassius L.). The fish were maintained in physiological saline after surgery to preserve the remaining tracts and postoperative inspections revealed the functionality of the intact tracts. Operations on the tracts were performed symmetrically on both sides. Sham-operated and non-operated fish showed the typical alarm behaviour of fast swimming to the bottom, dashing movements and aggregation when exposed to skin extract which contain alarm substance. Fish with only the medial bundle of the medial olfactory tract intact also displayed the alarm behaviour upon exposure; however, these fish did not react to the amino acid, L-alanine with either feeding response or alarm reaction. Crucian carp which had the medial bundle of the medial olfactory tract cut, leaving both the lateral bundle of the medial olfactory tract and the lateral olfactory tract intact, did not display any alarm reaction to skin extract; however, these fish reacted to exposure to L-alanine with feeding behaviour. There were statistically significant differences between the behaviour scores for the fish subject to different treatments. The present study demonstrates that the medial bundle of the medial olfactory tract appears to be both necessary and sufficient for mediation of the alarm reaction. The results also show that the sensory neurons which respond to alarm substance terminate and make synaptic connections with the secondary neurons that make up the medial bundle of the medial olfactory tract; thereby demonstrating the specificity of the spatial aspect of olfactory processing. The results are discussed with respect to the spatial aspect of organization within the olfactory system, the pattern of generalization across orders of fish, and the functional implications of the spatial arrangement of information transmission between the peripheral olfactory organ and the brain.

journal_name

Chem Senses

journal_title

Chemical senses

authors

Hamdani EH,Stabell OB,Alexander G,Døving KB

doi

10.1093/chemse/25.1.103

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-02-01 00:00:00

pages

103-9

issue

1

eissn

0379-864X

issn

1464-3553

journal_volume

25

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