Wing hair sensilla underlying aimed hindleg scratching of the locust

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2691-2703

  Page, Keri L ^a   Matheson, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basiconic sensillum; Schistocerca gregaria; Scratching; Tactile hair; Wing

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REFLEX; SEX FACTORS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; WING;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 3543004145     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01096     Document Type: Article

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