Synaptic potentials effect the release of transmitter from locust nonspiking interneurons.
An excitatory synaptic potential in a local nonspiking interneuron of a locust is able to effect the release of chemical transmitter. The consequence is that a discrete inhibitory synaptic potential is evoked in an identified postsynaptic motoneuron. These local interactions between interneurons and motoneurons are of behavioral significance in that they ensure the correct operation of a resistance reflex.
D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D005121:Extremities / Q000294:innervation; D006110:Grasshoppers; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009433:Neural Inhibition; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D013570:Synaptic Membranes / Q000502:physiology*
D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents