Spiking Local Interneurons Mediate Local Reflexes

A local spiking interneuron in the locust is excited by particular sensory stimulation of a hind leg and forms an inhibitory connection with one hind leg motor neuron. Its behavioral effect is to mediate a local postural reflex. This interneuron is one of a population of interneurons with similar mo...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1982-08, Vol.217 (4560), p.650-652
Main Authors: Burrows, M., Siegler, M. V. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acrididae
Animals
Cell cycle
Evoked Potentials
Ganglia
Genes
Grasshoppers
Insects
Interneurons
Interneurons - physiology
Legs
Locusts
Locusts (Insects)
Membrane Potentials
Motor neurons
Motor Neurons - physiology
Muscles
Neural Pathways - physiology
Neurons
Neurons, Afferent - physiology
Physiological aspects
Posture
Reflex - physiology
Somatic cells
Thoracic Nerves - physiology
Tibia
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Summary:A local spiking interneuron in the locust is excited by particular sensory stimulation of a hind leg and forms an inhibitory connection with one hind leg motor neuron. Its behavioral effect is to mediate a local postural reflex. This interneuron is one of a population of interneurons with similar morphology and physiology that participate in the same local circuits as the better known nonspiking local interneurons.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.7089585