Which Is a (Small) Disadvantage to Using the Crayfish Stretch

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which is a (small) disadvantage to using the crayfish stretch receptor to analyze stimulus coding?

• A) The experiments are highly specialized and difficult to set up.
• B) Crayfish axons are tiny and difficult into which to insert microelectrodes.
• C) The CNS regulates receptor sensitivity, thereby confounding any kind of Weber-Fechner type of stimulus coding.
• D) The stretch receptor soma is isolated from any ganglion.
• E) Inhibitory innervation predominate over that of excitatory innervation.

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