Motor Evolution: Lit-Up Hydra Bare All

Whole-animal Hydra imaging shows that epitheliomuscular calcium influx dynamics and inter-cell progression speeds are very different for different behaviors. Hydra movements therefore likely arise from fast (ionotropic) and slow (metabotropic) neural mechanisms, and from interactions among the epith...

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Published in:Current biology 2019-06, Vol.29 (11), p.R408-R410
Main Author: Hooper, Scott L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Hydra
Nervous System
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Summary:Whole-animal Hydra imaging shows that epitheliomuscular calcium influx dynamics and inter-cell progression speeds are very different for different behaviors. Hydra movements therefore likely arise from fast (ionotropic) and slow (metabotropic) neural mechanisms, and from interactions among the epitheliomuscular cells themselves. Whole-animal Hydra imaging shows that epitheliomuscular calcium influx dynamics and inter-cell progression speeds are very different for different behaviors. Hydra movements therefore likely arise from fast (ionotropic) and slow (metabotropic) neural mechanisms, and from interactions among the epitheliomuscular cells themselves.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.050