Synaptic input from serial chordotonal organs onto segmentally homologous interneurons in the grasshopper Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 297-312

  Prier, K R ^a   Boyan, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chordotonal organs; Identified neurons; Insect; Serial homology; Ventral nerve cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENDRITE; GRASSHOPPER; INTERNEURON; NERVE CORD; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; SENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPSE; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0034049103     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00183-3     Document Type: Article

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