Arthropod touch reception: Structure and mechanics of the basal part of a spider tactile hair

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

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 523-530

  Barth, F G ^a   Nemeth S S ^a   Friedrich, O C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Mechanoreception; Spider; Stimulus transformation; Tactile hair

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HAIR; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANORECEPTOR; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER; STIMULATION; TOUCH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; HAIR; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPIDERS; TOUCH;

EID: 4043102586     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0497-4     Document Type: Article

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