ISSN:
1432-1351
Keywords:
Contact chemosensilla
;
Grasshopper
;
Inhibition
;
Nicotine
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The tibial contact chemosensilla of Schistocerca americana contain several neurons, one of which responds to nicotine hydrogen tartrate and certain other compounds. The activity of this cell is sometimes briefly interrupted by the firing of a second cell in the same sensillum which usually only fires a few times in the first 500 ms of a stimulation. The evidence suggests that the nicotine-sensitive cell is directly inhibited by the activity of the second cell. Not all cells in the sensillum produce the same effect.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00192578
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