Suppression of Reflex Postural Tonus: A Role of Peripheral Inhibition in Insects
- 14 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 216 (4547) , 751-753
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.216.4547.751
Abstract
Postural reflexes act through a single excitatory motoneuron of the several that innervate a flexor muscle of the cockroach leg. A peripheral inhibitory neuron whose axon accompanies this excitatory motoneuron is able to suppress muscle tensions developed from postural reflexes without affecting centrally generated muscle tensions. The inhibitory neuron could thus serve to rapidly suppress postural tensions at the initiation of escape.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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