Behavioral responses to short periods of lowered gravitational force in blind goldfish

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Mar 1969

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Space Life Sciences, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp.554-564

Physics

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(1)
The movements of blind goldfish flown in an aircraft through vertical flight patterns show a consistent correlation with the varyingg loads as recorded by ag meter.
(2)
Decreasing theg load in all tested cases caused the fish to rapidly dive downwards after an approximate delay of 0.5 1.5 sec. The opposite reaction, a tilt and movement upwards, was observed in transitions from a lower to a higherg load, though the latter reaction was not as pronounced.
(3)
Because any potential influence of visual cues, swimming bladder reflexes, and changing barometric pressure was excluded by experimental precautions, we concluded that the response of the fish to varyingg loads were vestibular reflexes probably resulting from displacements of the otoliths during vertical accelerations.
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It is concluded from data in the literature and from the present results, that the behavioral responses resulting from static or dynamic forces are counterdirected toward the otolith displacements caused by these forces. Consequently, the behavioral, responses are counterdirected toward the gravitational pull on the animal, but must have the same direction as mechanical forces, which accelerate the whole organism and displace the otolith by inertia. It is concluded therefore, that the otolith reflexes have adaptive value only in a gravitational or centrifugal field, but are unsuitable to subserve any stabilizing function in the case of inertial forces during weightlessness.

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