Zeitlich abklingende Vorgänge in der Wirkungskette zwischen Reiz und Erregung (Versuche an abdominalen Streckreceptoren dekapoder Krebse).

Abstract

The crayfish stretch receptors show a characteristic pattern of excitation: after a sudden stretch the sensory discharge increases rapidly and then decays to a new steady state level. This decrease, commonly called adaptation, is referred to in the present work as “decay of excitation”. Stimulating the receptor organ with a constant load or a constant lengthening reveals that there are at least two factors responsible for the decay of excitation, i. e. the visco-elastic properties of the receptor muscle and the accomodation of the sensory nerve cell.