The antennal system and cockroach evasive behavior. II. Stimulus identification and localization are separable antennal functions

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-103

  Comer, C M ^a   Parks, L ^a   Halvorsen, M B ^a   Breese Terteling, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennae; Escape; Insects; Proprioceptors; Sensory discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037295741     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0384-9     Document Type: Article

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