The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 78 No. 2 August 1997, pp. 1180-1183
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Antidromic Modulation of a Proprioceptor Sensory Discharge in Crayfish

Michelle Bévengut, François Clarac, and Daniel Cattaert

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Unité Propre de Recherche 9011, Neurobiologie et Mouvements, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France

Bévengut, Michelle, François Clarac, and Daniel Cattaert. Antidromic modulation of a proprioceptor sensory discharge in crayfish. J. Neurophysiol. 78: 1180-1183, 1997. In the proprioceptive neurons of the coxo-basal chortotonal organ, orthodromic spikes convey the sensory information from the cell somata (located peripherally) to the central output terminals. During fictive locomotion, presynaptic depolarizations of these central terminals elicit bursts of antidromic spikes that travel back to the periphery. To determine whether the antidromic spikes modified the orthodromic activity of the sensory neurons, single identified primary afferents of the proprioceptor were recorded intracellularly and stimulated in in vitro preparations of crayfish nervous system. Depolarizing current pulses were delivered in trains whose frequency and duration were controlled to reproduce bursts of antidromic spikes similar to those elicited during fictive locomotion. According to their frequencies, these antidromic bursts reduce or suppress the orthodromic discharges in both position- and movement-sensitive neurons. They induce both a long-lasting silence and a gradual recovery after their occurrences. Neither the collision between the afferent and the efferent messages nor the release of serotonin by the sensory neurons can explain these results. We therefore conclude that antidromic bursts produce a peripheral modulation of the orthodromic activity of the sensory neurons, modifying their sensitivity by mechanisms yet unknown.

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