Parallel processing of mechanosensory inputs from the locust ovipositor by intersegmental and local interneurones

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 735-748

  Kalogianni, E ^a   Burrows, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hair mechanoreceptors; Interneurones; Locust; Ovipositor; Synaptic connections

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0007218793     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00225822     Document Type: Article

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