Physiology of vibration-sensitive afferents in the femoral chordotonal organ of the stick insect

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

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-263

  Stein, W ^a   Sauer, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femoral chordotonal organ; Presynaptic inhibition; Proprioception; Stick insect; Vibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032900001     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050323     Document Type: Article

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