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Modulation of Proprioceptive Information in Crustacea

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Several studies of locomotion and postural regulation in different Crustacea indicate that utilization of the sensory information in apparently simple proprioceptive reflexes is subject to considerable variability during both centrally and peripherally commanded changes in motor output. Proprioception in Crustacea is mediated primarily by sensory cells whose dendritic processes insert into connective tissue associated with joints between limb or body segments. These systems generally signal movement or position. In a few instances, the sensory structures are mechanically linked to specialized receptor muscles or to the muscles involved in locomotion and can thus serve to monitor muscle length or tension, as in vertebrates. Other mechanoreceptors signal deformation of the somewhat elastic exoskeleton or of the nerve cord sheath. Activation of these receptors may evoke reflex feedback to the segment of origin or may influence motor outputs in other segments. Consideration will be given to the roles that these receptors play in naturally occurring motor response and to interactions between centrally initiated motor activity and proprioceptive reflexes.

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    Richard M. Herman

  2. Institute of Physiology, GIH, Stockholm, Sweden

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    Paul S. G. Stein

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    Douglas G. Stuart

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Evoy, W.H. (1976). Modulation of Proprioceptive Information in Crustacea. In: Herman, R.M., Grillner, S., Stein, P.S.G., Stuart, D.G. (eds) Neural Control of Locomotion. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0964-3_25

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