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Science 23 November 1984:
Vol. 226. no. 4677, pp. 992 - 994
DOI: 10.1126/science.6505681
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Science, Vol 226, Issue 4677, 992-994
Copyright © 1984 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Initiation of behavior by single neurons: the role of behavioral context

TG Nolen and RR Hoy

Flying crickets avoid sources of ultrasound, possibly echolocating bats, by making rapid steering movements that turn them away from the stimulus. Electrical stimulation of a single, identified sensory interneuron (Int-1) elicits avoidance steering; depressing its response to ultrasound abolishes avoidance steering. Int-1 is necessary and sufficient for this behavior but only while the cricket is in flight. Thus, the sufficiency of Int-1 for eliciting this behavior is contingent on behavioral context.


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