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Threshold and directional sensitivity of air-current-sensitive giant interneurons of a cricket

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Some of the directional characteristics of air-current-sensitive giant interneurons (GIs) of a cricket were investigated by using an exactly defined unidirectional air-current stimulus. In each GI, the velocity thresholds for the stimulating air-current in two different directions were measured, using various time-courses of the velocity change (frequency). Each GI showed identical velocity threshold curves, depending on the stimulus direction.

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  1. Biological Institute, Faculty of General Education, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho 3, 790, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

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Kanou, M. Threshold and directional sensitivity of air-current-sensitive giant interneurons of a cricket. Experientia 47, 447–448 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959939

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