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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 187, Issue 1 245-259, Copyright © 1994 by Company of Biologists

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Directional sensitivity of hair cell afferents in the Octopus statocyst

BU Budelmann and R Williamson
Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555.

Changes in threshold sensitivity of hair cell afferents of the macula and crista of the Octopus statocyst were analyzed when the hair cells were stimulated with sinusoidal water movements from different directions. The experiments indicate that cephalopod statocyst hair cells are directionally sensitive in a way that is similar to the responses of the hair cells of the vertebrate vestibular and lateral line systems, with the amplitude of the response changing according to the cosine of the angle by which the direction of the stimulus (the deflection of the ciliary bundle) deviates from the direction of the hair cell's morphological polarization.




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