.... Gastrointestinal Migrating motor complexes Ripples Peristalsis Propagating Standing contractions Fasting Fed Spatio-temporal maps TTX Fish Teleost Maintenance and operation of the gastrointestinal tract are essential for all animals to store, process and assimilate food, as well as providing...

...Ryan P. Ferrer; Richard K. Zimmer SUMMARY Animal perception of chemosensory cues is a function of ecological context. Larvae of the California newt ( Taricha torosa ), for example, exhibit predator-avoidance behavior in response to a chemical from cannibalistic adults. The poison tetrodotoxin (TTX...

... 2 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 arginine amino acid tetrodotoxin TTX newt salamander Taricha torosa predator prey cannibalism chemical signal olfaction adult-larval interaction odor plume feeding foraging search Cellular mechanisms...