title: Effect of cutaneous stimulation on the development of misdirected wiping reflexes in skin-grafted Discoglossus pictus.
abstract: The frog, Discoglossus pictus, has been studied with respect to wiping reflex behavior developing after skin rotations performed at larval stages. Misdirected wiping reflexes were obtained only from belly skin-grafts placed on the animals' back; back skin-grafts on the belly failed to elicit any misdirected limb movements in this species. We found that misdirected reflexes occurred more readily in 3-week and older animals if not subjected to any previous test experience, than in younger naive frogs. Frogs that had been exposed to daily cutaneous stimulation between 2 to 4 weeks after metamorphosis showed a delayed development of misdirected responses.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000502:physiology*; D007814:Larva; D008675:Metamorphosis, Biological; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous