Morphological and physiological identification of medulla interneurons in the visual system of the tiger beetle larva

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

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 449-468

  Okamura, J Y ^a   Toh, Y ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Morphology; Physiology; Stemmata; Tiger beetle larva; Visual interneurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INTERNEURON; LARVA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROPIL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; INTERNEURONS; LARVA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPIL;

EID: 3442881644     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0509-4     Document Type: Article

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