Topographic mapping of the axons of the femoral chordotonal organ neurons in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-157

  Nishino, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Central projection; Gryllus bimaculatus (Insecta); Nervous system, insect; Sensory organ; Somatotopic organization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEURITE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; THORAX; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SENSE ORGANS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033985506     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050013     Document Type: Article

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