Regulation of the phonotactic threshold of the female cricket, Acheta domesticus: Juvenile hormone III, allatectomy, L1 auditory neuron thresholds and environmental factors

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

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 635-645

  Stout, J ^a   Hao, J ^a   Kim, P ^a   Mbungu, D ^a   Bronsert, M ^a   Slikkers, S ^a   Maier, J ^a   Kim, D ^a   Bacchus, K ^a   Atkins, G ^a  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allatectomy; Auditory interneuron; Environmental influences; Juvenile hormone III; Phonotactic threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031918411     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050209     Document Type: Article

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