Proprioceptors and fast antennal reflexes in the ant Odontomachus (Formicidae, Ponerinae)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-165

  Ehmer, Birgit ^a   Gronenberg, Wulfila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant, Odontomachus (Insecta); Behavior; Fast movements; Morphology; Neuroanatomy; Trap jaws

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FLAGELLA; JAW; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX;

EID: 0030772315     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050917     Document Type: Article

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