Arthropod touch reception: Stimulus transformation and finite element model of spider tactile hairs

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

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 313-322

  Dechant, H E ^a,b   Rammerstorfer, F ^b   Barth, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arthropod hair sensilla; Biomechanics; Cupiennius salei; Finite element model; Touch reception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAIR; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAIR; SPIDERS; TOUCH;

EID: 0034938525     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590100203     Document Type: Article

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