Ontogeny of Chicken Motor Behaviours: Evidence for Multi-Use Limb Pattern Generating Circuitry

Bekoff, Anne

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“…However, intracellular analysis of the swimmeret system in the crayfish (Heitler 1985) and the motor patterns activating bifunctional muscles during flight and walking in the locust (Ramirez and Pearson 1988) have demonstrated that there may equally be a separation of neuronal networks controlling these behaviours. Investigations of vertebrate limb movements involved in different behaviours generally support the idea of shared neuronal networks (Berkinblit et al 1978;Carter and Smith 1986;Robertson et al 1985;Bekoff 1986). Ramirez andPearson (1988, see also Gramoll (1988) for acridid stridulation and flight) also reported interneurons which were specific for the expression of only one motor pattern.…”

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Neuronal control of the forewings in two different behaviours: Stridulation and flight in the cricket, Teleogryllus commodus

Hennig

1990

J Comp Physiol A

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The forewing of the cricket is activated during the performance of two different behaviours, flight and stridulation. Intracellular recording and staining techniques were employed to determine the neuronal basis for these two behaviours and how they are interrelated. Both motor patterns were studied in a deafferented preparation. Stridulation was elicited by electrical stimulation of the brain and flight by brief puffs onto the cerci. 1. Bifunctional mesothoracic motoneurons (MN 90, MN 99) are activated with different patterns of synaptic input during flight and stridulation (Fig. 2). 2. Metathoracic flight motoneurons (MN 112, MN 119, MN 129) are only activated during flight and do not receive phasic excitatory input during stridulation (Figs. 3 and 6).3. Two separate interneuronal pools, which include interneurons with resetter properties, appear to exist, one activated during flight, the other one activated during stridulation (Figs. 4 and 5). The interactions between these two pools are inhibitory. Both motor patterns may be switched rapidly (less than 0.5 s; Fig. 6).4. It is possible to elicit both behaviours at the same time and then no strict coupling is observed between them (Figs. 7 to 9).These observations suggest that there are two distinct neural networks which control flight and stridulation.

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Neuronal control of the forewings in two different behaviours: Stridulation and flight in the cricket, Teleogryllus commodus

Hennig

1990

J Comp Physiol A

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“…Bekoff and colleagues have extensively investigated the development of postnatal locomotor abilities in domestic chicks as they are influenced by hatching behaviors (Bekoff, 1978(Bekoff, , 1985(Bekoff, , 1986(Bekoff, , 1988(Bekoff, , 1995Bekoff, Stein, & Hamburger, 1975;Bradley & Bekoff, 1990). They have found that the coordinated behaviors manifested at hatching persist into the postnatal period, and can even be re-elicited by returning the postnatal chick to a prehatching position in a fabricated or artificial egg (Bekoff & Kauer, 1984).…”

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“…These behaviors are facilitated and maintained by rotations of the embryo's body (Hamburger & Oppenheim, 1967;Kuo, 1932b;Oppenheim, 1973). The coordinated movements of the head, neck, and legs help to rotate the chick's body within the tight confines of the eggshell (Bekoff, 1985(Bekoff, , 1986Bekoff, Nusbaum, Sabichi, & Clifford, 1987). These full body rotations are counterclockwise (right to left) from the original pip mark and result in a regular incision of the shell driven by the chick's right side of the body.…”

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Asymmetrical hatching behaviors: The development of postnatal motor laterality in three precocial bird species

Casey

2005

Dev. Psychobiol.

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The effects of asymmetrical hatching behaviors on the development of turning bias and footedness in domestic chicks, bobwhite quail, and Japanese quail chicks were examined. Control tests with incubator reared domestic chicks and bobwhite quail revealed significant individual and population left-side turning bias and right footedness. When late stage hatching behaviors were disrupted, population laterality was not evident and individual laterality was reduced. By contrast, Japanese quail chicks demonstrated no population turning bias or footedness and only weak individual biases. Disruption of hatch behaviors further decreased laterality. Examination of discarded eggshells showed significant differences in the degree of rotation made to cut out of the egg by Japanese quail versus domestic chicks and bobwhite quail. Taken together these findings suggest that the counterclockwise hatching behaviors that are characteristic of many precocial bird species serve to facilitate the development of motor laterality at both the individual and population level.

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“…All but the earliest hatching behaviors involve a full a rotation of the embryo's whole body. The embryo rotates its entire body within the egg by means of these highly coordinated movements of the head, neck, and legs (Bekoff, 1986;Bekoff, Nusbaum, Sabichi, & Clifford, 1987). The embryo rotates its entire body within the egg by means of these highly coordinated movements of the head, neck, and legs (Bekoff, 1986;Bekoff, Nusbaum, Sabichi, & Clifford, 1987).…”

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Asymmetrical hatching behaviors influence the development of postnatal laterality in domestic chicks (Gallus gallus)

Casey

Martino

2000

Dev. Psychobiol.

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Lateralized motor behaviors have been reported in some avian species. For instance, footedness has been reported in parrots and domestic chicks, and turning biases have been reported in such species as quail and domestic chicks. This study examined the effects of asymmetrical hatching behaviors on the development of lateralized turning bias and footedness in domestic chicks. Asymmetrical hatching behaviors are counter‐clockwise full body turns that many precocial birds make to escape the egg. To study the role of such coordinated prenatal motor behaviors in the development of lateralization, hatching behaviors were systematically disrupted following pipping. Subjects were subsequently tested on two measures of laterality: footedness and turning bias. Results indicated a significant reduction in individual and group lateralization for both measures. These findings suggest that the hatching behaviors found in domestic chicks serve to induce the development of strong motor biases at both the individual and population level. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Dev Psychobiol 37: 13–24, 2000

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Ontogeny of Chicken Motor Behaviours: Evidence for Multi-Use Limb Pattern Generating Circuitry

Cited by 14 publications

References 27 publications

Neuronal control of the forewings in two different behaviours: Stridulation and flight in the cricket, Teleogryllus commodus

Neuronal control of the forewings in two different behaviours: Stridulation and flight in the cricket, Teleogryllus commodus

Asymmetrical hatching behaviors: The development of postnatal motor laterality in three precocial bird species

Asymmetrical hatching behaviors influence the development of postnatal laterality in domestic chicks (Gallus gallus)

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