Sensorimotor pathways processing vibratory signals from the femoral chordotonal organ of the stick insect

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

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-31

  Sauer, A E ^a   Stein, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral chordotonal organ; Non spiking interneuron; Proprioception; Stick insect; Vibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032809090     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050362     Document Type: Article

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