Effect of brain electrostimulation on antennal regeneration in Lithobius forficatus L. (Myriapoda:Chilopoda). Preliminary note.
After the antennae of Lithobius forficatus were amputated, electrical stimulation of the deutocerebral apex (= antennal lobes) either in the spring or the autumn led to (1) a decrease in the number of regenerated articles, and (2) an increase in the time-lag between the experiment and moulting. Moreover, in the spring experiments, the antennae regenerated asymmetrically. The electrostimulatory effect could act through an endocrine centre, probably the cerebral glands.
D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D012038:Regeneration; D012679:Sense Organs / Q000502:physiology*