Arthropod mechanoreceptive hairs: Modeling the directionality of the joint

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

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1271-1278

  Dechant, Hans Erich ^a,b   Hößl, Bernhard ^a,b   Rammerstorfer, Franz G ^b   Barth, Friedrich G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cupiennius salei; Directional characteristics; Mechanosensitive hair sensilla; Stimulus transformation; Touch reception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAIR; JOINT; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAIR; JOINTS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOVEMENT; SPIDERS; TOUCH;

EID: 33751019675     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0155-0     Document Type: Article

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