Stimulus transmission in the auditory receptor organs of the foreleg of bushcrickets (Tettigoniidae) I. The role of the tympana

Hearing Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 27-38

  Bangert, Marc ^a   Kalmring, Klaus ^a   Sickmann, Thomas ^a   Stephen, Richard ^a   Jatho, Martin ^a   Lakes Harlan, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory receptor organ; Bushcricket; Insect; Sound transmission; Tympanum

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; FEMALE; FORELIMB; INSECT; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TRACHEA; VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXTREMITIES; GRYLLIDAE; HEMOLYMPH; LASERS; NOISE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031950704     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00177-9     Document Type: Article

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