Physiology of the auditory afferents in an acoustic parasitoid fly

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 7254-7263

  Oshinsky, Michael L ^a   Hoy, Ronald R ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Directional hearing; Mechanical coupling; Parasitoid; Population coding; Time coding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; FEMALE; FLY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 0037104791     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-16-07254.2002     Document Type: Article

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