Wind spectra and the response of the cercal system in the cockroach

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

Volumn 189, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 867-876

  Rinberg, D ^a,b   Davidowitz, H ^a,c  

^a NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^c Pharmaseq   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercal system; Escape behavior; Periplaneta americana; Stimulus spectra; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCKROACH; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GANGLION; HISTOLOGY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STIMULATION; TOUCH; WIND;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCKROACHES; ESCAPE REACTION; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TOUCH; WIND;

EID: 0345772284     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0460-9     Document Type: Article

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