Finite element modeling of arachnid slit sensilla - I. The mechanical significance of different slit arrays

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

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-459

  Hößl, Bernhard ^a,b   Böhm, Helmut J ^a   Rammerstorfer, Franz G ^a   Barth, Friedrich G ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mechanoreception; Modeling; Slit sensilla; Spiders; Strain detection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INNERVATION; LIMB; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREMITIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SPIDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34248142228     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0201-y     Document Type: Article

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