Structure of the forewing stretch receptor axon in immature and mature adult locusts

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 268-277

  Gray, John R ^a   Robertson, R Meldrum ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

afferent; insect; maturation; motor pattern; three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; FLIGHT; FORELIMB; INTERNEURON; LOCUST; MOLTING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STRETCH RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; WING;

EID: 0030052828     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960205)365:2<268::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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