RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Distributed processing of sensory information in the leech. I. Input- output relations of the local bending reflex
JF The Journal of Neuroscience
JO J. Neurosci.
FD Society for Neuroscience
SP 1811
OP 1815
DO 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.10-06-01811.1990
VO 10
IS 6
A1 SR Lockery
A1 WB Kristan, Jr
YR 1990
UL http://www.jneurosci.org/content/10/6/1811.abstract
AB Sensory processing in the local bending reflex of the leech (Hirudo medicinalis) was studied by examining the input-output relations of the reflex. Sensory cells (P cells) were stimulated singly and in pairs and the responses of the longitudinal muscle motor neurons were recorded. Each pattern of single and paired P cell stimulation produced a unique pattern of motor neuron response. In general, motor neuron response patterns were consistent with the behavioral response of the whole animal.