Chordotonal sensilla embedded in the epidermis of the soft integument of the cricket, Teleogryllus commodus

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-142

  Sugawara, Takashi ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chordotonal organ; Electron microscopy; Mechanoreceptor; Phylogenesis; Scolopidium; Sensilla; Teleogryllus commodus (Insecta)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CUTICLE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; INSECT; INTEGUMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKIN;

EID: 0029872180     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050573     Document Type: Article

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