Diversity of intersegmental auditory neurons in a bush cricket

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

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1359-1376

  Stumpner, Andreas ^a   Molina, Jorge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ancistrura; Bush cricket; Interneuron; Orthoptera; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GRYLLIDAE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SENSORY GANGLION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GANGLIA, SENSORY; GRYLLIDAE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750987352     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0164-z     Document Type: Article

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