Neuronal basis of phonotactic behaviour in Tettigonia viridissima: Processing of behaviourally relevant signals by auditory afferents and thoracic interneurons

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

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 573-583

  Schul, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory interneurons; Bushcricket; Neuronal information processing; Phonotaxis; Song recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031002706     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050074     Document Type: Article

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