Cellular organization of an antennal mechanosensory pathway in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5830-5843

  Burdohan, John A ^a,b   Comer, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

antennae; cockroach; escape behavior; interneurons; sensory coding; touch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TACTILE STIMULATION; WIND;

EID: 0029812947     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-18-05830.1996     Document Type: Article

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