Wind-sensitive interneurones in the spider CNS (Cupiennius salei): Directional information processing of sensory inputs from trichobothria on the walking legs

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

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-233

  Friedel, T ^a,b   Barth, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air movement detection; Directional information processing; Interneurones; Prey capture behaviour; Spider

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031048933     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050043     Document Type: Article

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