Excitation and Habituation of the Crayfish Escape Reflex: The Depolarizing Response in Lateral Giant Fibres of the Isolated Abdomen
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- 1 February 1969
- journal article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Journal of Experimental Biology
- Vol. 50 (1) , 29-46
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.50.1.29
Abstract
Crayfish commonly evade capture by darting backwards when one tries to pick them up or otherwise disturbs them. They do this by sharply flexing the abdomen, the tail fan acting as a paddle; at the same time they streamline themselves by thrusting their appendages forward.Keywords
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