Bentley D R, Hoy R R
Science. 1970 Dec 25;170(3965):1409-11. doi: 10.1126/science.170.3965.1409.
Adult crickets have stereotyped patterns of motor output which are generated by the central nervous system, and which serve as a standard against which emerging nymphal patterns can be measured. The neural circuits generating these patterns are not functional at hatching. The pattern elements appear in an ordered sequence over the course of the last four molts. The circuits are completely functional before the final molt. Circuits which might be prematurely activated are suppressed in the nymph by descending inhibition from the brain.
成年蟋蟀具有由中枢神经系统产生的刻板运动输出模式，这些模式可作为衡量若虫新出现模式的标准。产生这些模式的神经回路在孵化时不起作用。模式元素在最后四次蜕皮过程中按有序顺序出现。这些回路在最后一次蜕皮前完全发挥功能。可能被过早激活的回路在若虫中会受到来自大脑的下行抑制作用的抑制。
