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Response to Cercal Stimulation recorded in the Cricket Brain

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THE responses of the cercal receptors of orthopterous insects have been known for a long time. In cockroaches and crickets nerve fibres from the sense organs synapse in the last abdominal ganglion with giant fibres; in the former insect at least the system is a simple relay initiating escape responses1,2. In crickets the cerci possess a variety of mechanoreceptors and have, among others, a tactile function in song and courtship3,4. Although the brain is primarily responsible for controlling speed and duration of movement of the animal following cereal stimulation4,5, neural activity in response to such stimulation has been recorded only as far forward as the suboesophageal ganglion4.

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  1. HUGH DINGLE

    Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Iowa,

  2. STEPHEN S. Fox

    Present address: Department of Psychology, University of Iowa,

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DINGLE, H., Fox, S. Response to Cercal Stimulation recorded in the Cricket Brain. Nature 210, 1050–1051 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2101050a0

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