Abstract
In Octopus vulgaris, the projections of the afferent fibers from, and the locations of cell bodies of the efferent fibers of, the nerve innervating the macula (statocyst gravity receptor epithelium) were studied within the CNS using iontophoretic whole nerve injection of either cobalt chloride or Lucifer Yellow CH. 13 Afferent fibers from the macula nerve project to subesophageal, periesophageal and supraesophageal areas of the brain. Large numbers of such fibers were found in the subeosophageal lateral pedal and posterior lateral pedal lobes, palliovisceral lobe, and the magnocellular commissure. Afferent fibers were also found in the periesophageal ventral and dorsal magnocellular lobes. Supraesophageal macula nerve afferent projections were seen to the peduncle lobe and the ipsilateral median basal lobe. There is evidence for two different macula nerve afferent projections to the contralateral median basal lobe, via the suprapedal commissure and the macula-to-contralateral-median-basal-lobe tract. Evidence is presented for the location of at least some of the macula's efferent fiber's cell bodies in the lateral and posterior lateral pedal lobes, and magnocellular lobes. The differences between the results obtained here with the two different staining methods are discussed. The results imply that processing of static information occurs in many areas of the Octopus CNS, and is much more complex than previously thought. Some of the possible physiological consequences are considered.
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