Temperature-sensitive gating in a descending visual interneuron, DCMD

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

Volumn 192, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 915-925

  Money, Tomas G A ^a   DeCarlo, Correne A ^a   Robertson, R Meldrum ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action potential; Heat shock; Locust; Thermotolerance; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; INTERNEURON; LOCUST; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; INTERNEURONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOSENSING; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33747837182     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0129-2     Document Type: Article

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