[Polymodal sensory input in command neurons of snails].

Putative command neurones of snail's escape behaviour reacted with excitatory postsynaptic potentials and spikes to tactile, vestibular, light-off and thermal stimuli evoking behavioural escape reactions. Presented data confirm the command function of identified neurones. No monosynaptic connections have been revealed between intracellularly recorded primary cells of the statocyst and command neurones, but it has been shown that command neurones reacted to strong stimulation of the acoustic nerve. Presence of second-order sensory neurones in the vestibular pathway was assumed.