QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s):
Home     Help     Feedback     Subscriptions     Archive     Search     Table of Contents

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by FRASER, P. J. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by FRASER, P. J.

Journal of Experimental Biology 61,615-628 (1974)
Published by Company of Biologists 1974

Interneurones in Crab Connectives (Carcinus Maenas (L.)): Directional Statocyst Fibres

PETER J. FRASER ¹

¹ Department of Neurobiology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, P.O. Box 475, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2600, Australia

Five interneurones in each connective respond directionally to rotation of a crab. Each seems to be activated by one direction of fluid flow in one statocyst canal. The anatomy of two is known and correlates well with a direct input from the receptors of one statocyst. Three of the fibres have input from leg joint proprioceptors.

The swimming reflex and a complicated turning reflex are evoked on rotation of a minimally restrained crab. It is likely that the statocyst interneurones are involved in these and other behaviour patterns, including the rearing reflex and sideways walking.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				P. J. Fraser Statocysts in Crabs: Short-Term Control of Locomotion and Long-Term Monitoring of Hydrostatic Pressure Biol. Bull., April 1, 2001; 200(2): 155 - 159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]