Active auditory mechanics in mosquitoes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1465, 2001, Pages 333-339

  Gopfert M C ^a   Robert, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active sensation; Bioacoustics; Cell motility; Insect ear; Mechanotransduction; Otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEA; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLAGELLUM; HAIR CELL; HEARING; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOSQUITO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VIBRATION;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035931888     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1376     Document Type: Article

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