... cells was also seen. * e-mail: [email protected] 18 12 1997 18 02 1998 © The Company of Biologists Limited 1998 axon degeneration glia axotomy rock lobster Panulirus penicillatus In vertebrates, the distal stump of transected axons degenerates...

...U. W. E. Müller; François Clarac ABSTRACT The effects of cyclic electrical stimulation of the dactyl sensory nerve (DN) on the walking pattern of rock lobsters were examined at the two crucial points within the step cycle: the anterior extreme position (AEP) and the posterior extreme position (PEP...

...U. W. E. Müller; François Clarac ABSTRACT Recordings of activity of the rock lobster dactyl sensory nerve during walking on a driven belt showed that the receptors of this nerve were mainly active during the power stroke when the leg was loaded. This nerve contains in particular the afferent fibres...

...Jean-Pierre Vedel ABSTRACT In the rock lobster, Palinurus vulgaris , mechanical vibration applied to one point on the cuticle of the cephalothorax induced phasic sensory activity in numerous cuticular nerve branches innervating most of the carapace. The same vibratory stimulus produced two kinds...