Fig. 5. Lack of effect of neuron #2 on the stretch-activated response. (A)
Injection of depolarizing currents into neuron #2 produced regenerative action
potentials (asterisks). (B) Such activation of neuron #2 had no effect on the
stretch-activated response of TSR-4, where single and double asterisks
indicate impulses conducted along the connective from depolarized neuron #2.
If neuron #2 was an inhibitory accessory neuron, the stretch-activated
response in B would be suppressed. Both the conducted impulses and the
stretch-activated response were recorded through an en passant
electrode at N3. Double arrows indicate stretch-activated impulses of TSR-4
derived from a rapidly adapting stretch receptor. The upward deflection below
the trace shows a stretch stimulus at an amplitude of 1.5 mm.