Do terrestrial gastropods use olfactory cues to locate and select food actively?

T Kiss - Invertebrate Neuroscience, 2017 - Springer
Having been investigated for over 40 years, some aspects of the biology of terrestrial
gastropod's olfactory system have been challenging and highly contentious, while others still …

A Bioinspired Shape Memory Alloy Based Soft Robotic System for Deep‐Sea Exploration

Y Xu, J Zhuo, M Fan, X Li, X Cao… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Developing robots integrating sensors, actuators, and computational capabilities for deep‐
sea exploration is challenging. Nature often offers innovative solutions to complex problems …

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Containing the α7-Like Subunit Mediate Contractions of Muscles Responsible for Space Positioning of the Snail, Helix pomatia L. …

T Kiss, N Krajcs, Z Pirger, L Hernádi - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Three recently discovered tentacle muscles are crucial to perform patterned movements of
upper tentacles of the terrestrial snail, Helix pomatia. The muscles receive central and …

Excitatory neurotransmitters in the tentacle flexor muscles responsible for space positioning of the snail olfactory organ

N Krajcs, L Hernádi, K Elekes, S Kimura… - Invertebrate Neuroscience, 2014 - Springer
Recently, three novel flexor muscles (M1, M2 and M3) in the posterior tentacles of the snail
have been described, which are responsible for the patterned movements of the tentacles of …

PACAP modulates acetylcholine-elicited contractions at nicotinic neuromuscular contacts of the land snail

N Krajcs, L Hernádi, Z Pirger, D Reglődi, G Tóth… - Journal of Molecular …, 2015 - Springer
In this study, we investigate the potentiating effect of PACAP27 on cholinergic
neuromuscular transmission in the recently discovered flexor muscles of the land snail, Helix …

Associative memory mechanisms in terrestrial slugs and snails

A Gelperin - Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience, 2013 - Elsevier
Terrestrial slugs and snails are particularly favorable subjects for studies of comparative
cognition. Chemosensation is their dominant distance sense for locating food, mates …

Novel triplet of flexor muscles in the posterior tentacles of the snail, Helix pomatia

L Hernádi, T Teyke - Acta Biologica Hungarica, 2012 - akjournals.com
The anatomy of three novel flexor muscles in the posterior tentacles of Helix pomatia is
described. The muscles originate from the ventral side of the sensory pad and are anchored …

Neuronal background of positioning of the posterior tentacles in the snail Helix pomatia

L Hernádi, T Teyke - Cell and tissue research, 2013 - Springer
The location of cerebral neurons innervating the three recently described flexor muscles
involved in the orientation of the posterior tentacles was investigated by applying parallel …

Novel peripheral motor neurons in the posterior tentacles of the snail responsible for local tentacle movements

L Hernádi, T Kiss, N Krajcs, T Teyke - Invertebrate Neuroscience, 2014 - Springer
Three flexor muscles of the posterior tentacles of the snail Helix pomatia have recently been
described. Here, we identify their local motor neurons by following the retrograde transport …

Anatomical and Physiological Background Permitting Spatial Odor Sensation in Stylommatophoran Molluscs: A Review

T Kiss, N Krajcs - Acta Biologica Hungarica, 2016 - Springer
Earlier experiments demonstrated that in order to place protracted tentacles and thereby
olfactory receptors in an appropriate position for optimal perception of odor stimuli …