Experimental coupling of crab (Carcinus maenas) second maxilla neural motor to an alternating current.
Movements of the crab gill bailer were entrained to an alternating current applied to the thoracic ganglion. There was little distortion of the muscle recruitment cycle, both absolute and relative coordination were observed, and the phase of the driven system in the driving cycle was a function of the difference between free running and driving frequencies.
D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004576:Electromyography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000502:physiology*; D005880:Gills; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000502:physiology*; D011999:Recruitment, Neurophysiological