THE TIME-COURSE OF SENSORY ADAPTATION IN THE COCKROACH TACTILE SPINE

被引:12
作者
FRENCH, AS
TORKKELI, PH
机构
[1] Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
关键词
SENSORY RECEPTOR; ADAPTATION; POWER-LAW; TACTILE SPINE; INSECT; ENCODING;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(94)90311-5
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Power-law dynamics have been widely used to fit the adaptation of sensory receptors, including the cockroach tactile spine. We used a new log-binning technique to re-examine step responses in the tactile spine. the power-law only fitted responses over a restricted time period, while a sum of three exponential decays gave an accurate fit over the entire response duration.
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页码:147 / 150
页数:4
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