Structural correlates of mechanosensory transduction and adaptation in identified neurons of spider slit sensilla

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

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 727-736

  Höger, Ulli ^a,b   Seyfarth, Ernst August ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

tubulin Ultrastructure; Colchicine; Cupiennius salei Keys; Mechanoreception

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; INSECTA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIDER; STIMULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSE ORGANS; SPIDERS;

EID: 0035662924     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-001-0244-z     Document Type: Article

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