RESPONSES IN THE ISOLATED LIMBS OF CRUSTACEA AND ASSOCIATED NERVOUS DISCHARGES

Abstract

Experiments showed that proprioceptive impulse discharges are set up in crustacean nerve by movements of the limbs. In all cases the "adaptation" to the stimulus is very rapid. Prolonged contractions or tonus in the limb muscles are always associated with corresponding discharges in the motor fiber?. The excised crustacean limb responds in a "reflex" manner to natural stimulation.