Commissural ring nerve: A female-specific neurosecretory tract supplied by bifurcating median neurons in the cockroach Periplaneta americana (L.) and the cricket Teleogryllus commodus (Walker) |
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Authors: | Dr Rudolph Pipa |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA;(2) Division of Entomology and Parasitology, University of California, 94720 Berkeley, California, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary In the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, and the Australian field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus, the two nerves supplying the bases of the cerci are joined by a branch that crosses behind the last abdominal ganglion. This commissural ring nerve is restricted to females, and it contains many axons filled with granular and agranular vesicles. The axons stem from somata located within the ganglion. There are one (Periplaneta) or two (Teleogryllus) groups of median neurons with bilaterally symmetrical bifurcations, and a group of postero-ventral neurons on each side. In T. commodus, these neurons are distinct from others associated with the cerci. In the two species, the ring nerve neurons contribute to a neuropile near the root of each cereal nerve. The bifurcating median neurons arborize on both sides before entering the ring nerve, while the postero-ventral ones branch more extensively ipsilateral to their somata. The possibilities are discussed that the bifurcating neurons may be homologous to dorsal unpaired median neurons, and that the ring nerve may be a neurohemal area. |
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Keywords: | Insect median neurons Terminal ganglion Sexual dimorphism Ring nerve Neurohemal sites Periplaneta americana Teleogryllus commodus |
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