...Stewart I. Head; Brian M. H. Bush ABSTRACT The reflex effects and interactions of two proprioceptors upon motoneurones supplying the four basal leg muscles of the shore crab Carcinus maenas have been studied in a new in vitro preparation consisting of the thoracic-coxal muscle receptor organ (TCMRO...

... neurones. The organs are named according to the joint that they span: APCO, PEnCO and PExCO. Fig. 1. Ventral view of the right half of the tailfan of Procambarus clarkii showing the uropods, telson and three chordotonal organ proprioceptors (APCO, PExCO, PEnCO). The ventral sclerites of the fourth...

... flight stretch receptor pattern generation proprioceptors REFERENCES Altman , J. S. ( 1975 ). Changes in the flight motor pattern during the development of the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera . J. comp. Physiol . 97 , 127 – 142 . Baker , P. S...

... delayed the onset of elevator activity relative to the onset of the preceding depressor activity. 29 09 1987 © 1988 by Company of Biologists 1988 locust flight tegulae proprioceptors Over the past decade there has been an increasing interest in establishing the properties...

... with detailed information about the forces acting on the surrounding cuticle. 27 11 1985 © 1986 by Company of Biologists 1986 Crustacea proprioceptors stress detector cuticle Cuticular stress detectors (CSDs) are mechanoreceptors in the legs of decapod crustaceans and were first...

... of Biologists 1986 Crustacea locomotion proprioceptors Cuticular stress detectors (CSDs) are chordotonal organs in the legs of decapod crustaceans. They are coupled to patches of relatively compliant cuticle in the basi- or ischiopodite ( Fig. 1A ) ( Wales, Clarac & Laverack, 1971...

... the operated target leg and the adjacent, caudal leg. * Present address: Fakultaet fuer Biologic, Universitaet Bielefeld, Postfach 8640, D-4800 Bielefeld 1, F.R.G. 31 05 1982 06 10 1982 © 1983 by Company of Biologists 1983 Locomotion leg coordination proprioceptors...