title: Reactions of the goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus L.) to quantified mechanical and thermal stimuli.
abstract: Goldfish can differentiate between mechanical and thermal stimuli components in combined stimulations. Reactions to heated thermode (deltaT = + 3 degrees C) differ from those to isotherm thermode by up to 30%. Additional pretension (0.5 p) increases the reaction more than double; at simultaneously varied temperature (deltaT = + 3 degrees C and + 5 degrees C), there is a further increase in reaction of 25% and 35%. The significance for the organism of the two stimuli components is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000502:physiology*; D006054:Goldfish / Q000502:physiology*; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation; D013696:Temperature