In the responses of the sound muscle of the shrilling cicada (i) a train of action potentials and (ii) a train of rapid twitches are observed synchronously. Its frequency is about 100 per second. Not only the electrical but the mechanical small changes can often be observed during the silent period of the insect. These are probably due to the damage of the muscle caused by the leading electrodes. Related reports of several authors are discussed.
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Wakabayashi et al. (1952) studied this question.