Representation of behaviorally relevant sound frequencies by auditory receptors in the cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 155-163

  Pollack, Gerald S ^a   Faulkes, Zen ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Compound action potential; Cricket; Sensory coding; Teleogryllus oceanicus; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031933730     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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