Lobster claw motorneurons respond to contralateral sensory stimuli.
Unilateral sensory stimuli in an isolated lobster claw--ganglion preparation elicits soma and axon spikes in homologous motorneurons in the ipsilateral as well as the contralateral hemiganglion. This cross excitation of the motorneurons provides a basis for bilateral reflexes in the claw and is likely mediated through interneuron(s).
D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D008121:Nephropidae