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| Title |
Attempts to retreat from a dead-ended long capillary by backward swimming in Paramecium
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00270 |
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| Authors |
Itsuki Kunita, Shigeru Kuroda, Kaito Ohki, Toshiyuki Nakagaki |
| Abstract |
We have observed how the ciliate Paramecium attempts to retreat from the dead-end of a long capillary that is too narrow for turning. After many trial-and-error episodes of short-term backward swimming (SBS), which is the conventional avoidance behavior exhibited in free swimming when an obstacle is faced, long-term backward swimming (LBS) that lasted five to ten times longer was developed. LBS may have a beneficial effect for complete withdrawal from the capillary space, although in our experiment it was impossible for the organism to do so due to the capillary length. In order to identify a physically possible mechanism for LBS, we propose model equations for the membrane potential of Hodgkin-Huxley type, which describe the control of ciliary movement. The physiological implications and physical mechanism of the development of LBS are discussed. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1 | 25% |
| Brazil | 1 | 25% |
| Australia | 1 | 25% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 3 | 75% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 25% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 22 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 6 | 26% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 3 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 35% |
| Engineering | 3 | 13% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 9% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 July 2021.
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#17
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