Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

Transmission without spikes between locust interneurones and motoneurones

Nature volume 262, pages 222–224 (1976)Cite this article

Abstract

MANY neurones, particularly in sensory systems of both vertebrates and invertebrates, do not produce action potentials1–3. In motor pathways within the central nervous system of arthropods there are interneurones whose slow changes in membrane potential can affect the frequency of action potentials in motoneurones4–6. Some of these interneurones normally produce spikes6, but others apparently do not4,5. We have studied the properties of synaptic transmission between these non-spiking interneurones and motoneurones in the locust, Schistocera gregaria, in the course of investigating the integrative mechanisms underlying the generation of motor patterns7.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Ripley, S. H., Bush, B. M. H., and Roberts, A., Nature, 218, 1170–1171 (1968).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Werblin, F. S., and Dowling, J. E., J. Neurophysiol., 32, 339–355 (1969).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Shaw, S. R., J. Physiol., Lond., 220, 145–175 (1972).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Mendelson, M., Science, 171, 1170–1173 (1971).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Pearson, K. G., and Fourtner, C. R., J. Neurophysiol., 38, 33–52 (1975).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Maynard, D. M., and Walton, K. D., J. comp. Physiol., 97, 215–243 (1975).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Burrows, M., J. exp. Biol., 63, 713–733 (1975).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Hoyle, G., and Burrows, M., J. Neurobiol., 4, 3–41 (1973).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Pitman, R. M., Tweedle, C. D., and Cohen, M. J., Science, 176, 412–414 (1972).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. del Castillo, J., and Katz, B., J. Physiol., Lond., 124, 586–604 (1954).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK

    M. BURROWS & M. V. S. SIEGLER

Authors
  1. M. BURROWS
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. M. V. S. SIEGLER
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

BURROWS, M., SIEGLER, M. Transmission without spikes between locust interneurones and motoneurones. Nature 262, 222–224 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/262222a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/262222a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing