Electrophysiological identification of cold receptors on the antennae of the ground beetle Pterostichus aethiops

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-96

  Merivee, Enno ^a   Vanatoa, Alo ^b   Luik, Anne ^a   Rahi, Märt ^b   Sammelselg, Väino ^c   Ploomi, Angela ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Antennal sensilla; Campaniform sensillum; Cooling; Impulse activity; Single sensillum recording; Thermoreceptor; Warming

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY SYSTEM;

CARABIDAE; CERCOCEBUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTEROSTICHUS;

EID: 0038275708     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2003.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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