Indirect synaptic inputs from filiform hair sensory neurons contribute to the receptive fields of giant interneurons in the first-instar cockroach

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

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 467-476

  Hill, E S ^a   Blagburn, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Insect Neural code; Mechanosensory Escape behavior; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HAIR CELL; INTERNEURON; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HAIR CELLS; INTERNEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ORIENTATION; PICROTOXIN; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; INSECTA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 0032191078     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050272     Document Type: Article

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