Note on the phenomena of digestion in the cockroach (Periplaneta americana, L.)

The Odorous Attractant of the American Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana (l.)

1. Procedures have been developed for studying quantitatively the response of the male American cockroach to the odorous attractant of the female. 2. The percentage of male roaches responding to extracts of the attractant of the female has been found to vary with the log of the concentration of the attractant throughout a wide range. 3. Adaptation to the olfactory stimulus has been demonstrated...

Cholesterol turnover in the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (L.).

Effect of metronidazole on the intestinal microflora of the american cockroach, Periplaneta americana l.

The effect of feeding to cockroaches the antimicrobial agent metronidazole, which acts specifically against anaerobes, was assessed by light and scanning electron microscopy, bacteriological examination, and methane formation. Types of organisms and total numbers were greatly reduced from controls. The health of mature adults was unaffected, but stunting occurred in subadult animals maintained ...

The location of penetration barriers in the ganglia of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (L.).

In the period between 1950 and i960 there were a number of reports of the relative insensitivity of insect nerves and ganglia to various electrolytes, drugs and toxicants which affected vertebrate nervous systems. Examples include: potassium acting on the crural nerve of the locust, Locusta migratoria (Hoyle, 1952, 1953); potassium and acetylcholine acting on ganglia of the American cockroach P...

Organization of the giant axons of the cockroach Periplaneta americana.

Several authors have reported the presence of ascending giant fibres (AGF) in the nerve cord of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (Pumphrey & Rawdon-Smith, 1937; Roeder, 1948; Hess, 1958). Roeder (1948) presented a scheme showing a synaptic link (in the 6th abdominal ganglion) between the cereal sensory neurones and the AGF, the latter then ascending as continuous fibres to the meta...