Abstract
In “inactive” stick insects ramp-wise stretching of the femoral chordotonal organ excites the slow extensor tibiae motoneuron. In “active” animals the same stimulus decreases the firing rate of this motoneuron. The time-course of increased and decreased activity of this motoneuron can be seen with triangular stimulation.
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Bässler, U. Reversal of a reflex to a single motoneuron in the stick insect Çarausius morosus . Biol. Cybernetics 24, 47–49 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365594
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365594