Feeling the vibes: Chordotonal mechanisms in insect hearing

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 389-393

  Eberl, Daniel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; HAIR CELL; HEARING; INSECT; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0033178530     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)80058-0     Document Type: Article

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