Response characteristics of single trochanteral campaniform sensilla in the stick insect, Cuniculina impigra
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- 13 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Physiological Entomology
- Vol. 11 (1) , 17-21
Abstract
The campaniform sensilla on the trochanter of the stick insect, Cuniculina impigra Redtenbacher, were stimulated by slightly bending the leg in the horizontal plane. Single sensory units in the nerve were recorded using glass microelectrodes. These units can be classified into tonic and phasic‐tonic receptors. In both cases there were units which increased their discharge frequency during forward movement of the femur, and units which responded to backward movement. No purely phasic receptors were found.Keywords
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