Mechanosensory pegs constitute stridulatory files in grasshoppers

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 444-456

  Hustert, Reinhold ^a   Lodde, Eva ^a   Gnatzy, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afferent responses; Central projections; Development; Reflexes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; INSECT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; HINDLIMB; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REFLEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOUCH;

EID: 0033517170     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990802)410:3<444::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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