A new study shows how movement-induced postural reflexes in stick insects are modified under different loading conditions. A team of scientists from the University of Cologne (Germany) and Ohio University (U.S.) traced the load and movement signals from the sensory organs in the insect’s leg through the neuronal network to the motor neurons and muscles that generate the reflex. This allowed them to reveal a mechanism that changes the movement reflexes in the legs of stick insects depending on the load. The study was published in the journal Current Biology.
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