Position-specific central projections of mechanosensory neurons on the haltere of the blow fly, Calliphora vicina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 369, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 405-418

  Chan, Wai Pang ^a   Dickinson, Michael H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

campaniform; flight; sensilla; sensory map; thoracic ganglion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FLIGHT; FLY; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DIPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; WING;

EID: 2642674367     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960603)369:3<405::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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