Hearing and frequency dependence of auditory interneurons in the parasitoid fly Homotrixa alleni (Tachinidae: Ormiini)

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

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-125

  Stumpner, Andreas ^a   Allen, Geoff R ^a,b   Lakes Harlan, Reinhard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Host detection; Interneurons; Sensory adaptation; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLY; GANGLION; HEARING; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; DIPTERA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HEARING; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NERVE NET; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 33846062842     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0174-x     Document Type: Article

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