Morphology and physiology of vibratory interneurons in the thoracic ganglia of the southern green stinkbug Nezara viridula (L.)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 508, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-381

  Zorović, Maja ^a,b   Prešern, Janez ^a   Čokl, Andrej ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heteroptera; Insect; Interneuron; Nezara viridula; Stinkbug; Vibrations; Vibratory communication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GANGLION; HEMIPTERA; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEZARA VIRIDULA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HETEROPTERA; INSECTS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 42449101712     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21656     Document Type: Article

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