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Operation System of Insect Brain for Sophisticated Behavior

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11694091
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 動物生理・代謝
Research InstitutionKYUSHU UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

TOH Yoshihiro  Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Prof., 大学院・理学研究院, 教授 (60037265)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ITO Kei  National Insutitute for Basic Biology, Research Ass., 基礎生物学研究所, 助手 (00311192)
TAKAHATA Masakazu  Hokkaido Univ., Faculty of Sciences, Prof., 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (10111147)
ICHIKAWA Toshio  Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Ass. Prof., 大学院・理学研究院, 助教授 (50136420)
Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2001
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥7,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000)
Keywordstiger beetle / insect / simple eye / stemmata / distance sensitivity / optic lobe / brain / visual interneuron / カマキリ / 複眼 / 距離測定 / 側単眼 / 視覚 / 視覚中枢 / ニューロン回路 / 立体視 / 距離感受性ニューロン / 記憶 / 視覚行動 / 脳の可塑性
Research Abstract

The larva of the tiger beetle Cicindela chinensis is an ambushing hunter with a body length of 15-22 mm, that lives in a tunnel in the ground. It ambushes prey, keeping its head horizontal at the opening of the tunnel. When prey approaches the tunnel, the larva jumps to snap at it. When an object moves beyond its jumping range (approximately 15 mm), however, the larva quickly withdraws deep into the tunnel. These responses are mediated by two of six pairs of stemmata. How does the larva judge the hunting range using such a simple visual system? Range estimation by binocular vision was confirmed by behavioral observations, in which larvae jumped towards objects beyond the normal hunting range when virtual images of such distant objects were formed close to the larva by prisms or a narrow window. Range estimation by monocular vision was also confirmed by behavioral experiments. The depth of the image in the retina appears to have a role in distance estimation because a larva with one fun … More ctional stemma, other stemmata being occluded, changed its response to a very distant object from escape to jump when a concave lens was placed above its head.
Intracellular responses of medulla neurons (second order visual interneurons) showed that distance sensitivities really occurred in the peripheral part of the brain. Response patterns of medulla neurons to moving objects at heights of 10 mm and 50 mm were compared. The majority of neurons responded to objects moving at heights of 10 mm and 50 mm with the same discharge pattern. A few neurons, however, showed distance sensitivities responding with an increase of spike discharges to moving objects only at either of the two heights. Such distance sensitivities still remained in one-stemma larvae, three of the four stemmata being occluded.
Above mentioned behavioral and electrophysiological results suggested. We conclude that visual information about hunting range in the tiger beetle larva is extracted peripherally by the spatial pattern of image clarity, and probably centrally by binocular vision. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2001 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (22 results)

All Other

All Publications (22 results)

  • [Publications] Toh, Y., Okamura, J.-Y.: "Visual behavior of vespine wasps analyzed in natural habitats and laboratory experiments"Zoological Science. (submited for publication). (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Toh, Y., Ikeda, S., Okamura J.-Y., Okada, J.: "Intracellular responses of antennal chordotonal sensilla of American cockroaches"Zoological Science. (in press). (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Okada, J., Toh, Y.: "Peripheral representation of antennal orientation by scapal hair plate of the cockroach Periplaneta americana"Journal of Experimental Biology. 204. 4301-4309 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Okamura, J-Y., Toh, Y.: "Responses of medulla neurons to illumination and movement stimuli in the tiger beetle larvae with their relation to distinct visual behavior"Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 187. 712-725 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Toh, Y., Okamura, J.-Y.: "Behavioural responses of the tiger beetle larva to moving objects : role of binocular vision and monocular vision"Journal of Experimental Biology. 204. 615-625 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Okada, J., Toh, Y.: "The role of antennal hair plates in object-guided tactile orientation of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana)"Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 186. 846-857 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 藤 義博, 高畑 雅一: "脳と行動の生物学"講談社サイエンチフイック. 158 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Toh, Y. and Okamura, J.-Y.: "Visual behavior of vespine wasps analyzed in natural habitats and laboratory experiments"Zoological Science. (submitted for publication).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Toh, Y., Ikeda, S. and Okamura J.-Y. and Okada, J.: "Intracellular responses of antennal chordotonal sensilla of American cockroaches"Zoological Science. (in press).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Okada, J. and Toh, Y.: "Peripheral representation of antennal orientation by scapal hair plate of the cockroach Periplaneta americana"Journal of Experimental Biology. 204. 4301-4309 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Okamura, J-Y. and Toh, Y.: "Responses of medulla neurons to illumination and movement stimuli in the tiger beetle larvae with their relation to distinct visual behavior"Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 187. 712-725 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Toh, Y. and Okamura, J.-Y.: "Behavioral responses of the tiger beetle larva to moving objects : role of binocular vision and monocular vision"Journal of Experimental Biology. 204. 615-625 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Okada, J. and Toh, Y.: "The role of antennal hair plates in object-guided tactile orientation of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana)"Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 186. 846-857 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Toh, Y., Ikeda, S., Okamura, J.-Y., Okada, J.: "Intracellular responses of antennal chordotonal sensilla of American cockroaches"Zoological Science. (in press). (2002)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Okada, J., Toh, Y.: "Peripheral representation of antennal orientation by the scapal hair plate of the cockroach Periplaneta americana"Journal of Experimental Biology. 204. 4301-4309 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Okamura, J-Y., Toh, Y.: "Responses of medulla neurons to illumination and movement stimuli in the tiger beetle larvae with their relation to distinct visual behavior"Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 187. 713-725 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Toh, Y., Okamura, J.-Y.: "Behavioural responses of the tiger beetle larva to moving objects : role of binocular vision and monocular vision"Journal of Experimental Biology. 204. 615-625 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤義博,高畑雅一: "脳と行動の生物学"講談社サイエンチフィック. 158 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Toh,Y. and Okamura,J.: "How does the tiger beetle larva visually judge when prey comes within range for attack?"J. Exp. Biol.. (In press). (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Toh, Y. and Okamura,J.: "Geometric optics and morphology of larval eyes of the tiger beetle"J. Exp. Biol.. (In press). (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Okada,J. and Toh,Y,: "Tactile orientation behavior induced by antennal contact with stationary objects in the searching cockroach (Periplaneta americana)"J. Comp. Physiol.. (In press). (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤 義博、高畑雅一: "脳と行動の生物学"講談社. 250 (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report

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