Neuroanatomy and physiology of the complex tibial organ of an atympanate ensiferan, Ametrus tibialis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) (Gryllacrididae, Orthoptera) and evolutionary implications

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-180

  Strauss, Johannes ^a   Lakes Harlan, Reinhard ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Animal Physiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ametrus tibialis; Auditory system; Ensifera; Gryllacrididae; Hearing organ; Neuroanatomy; Vibrational communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIBIA; TIBIAL NERVE; TRACHEA; VIBRATION SENSE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

AMETRUS; ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE; ENSIFERA (INSECTS); GRYLLACRIDIDAE; HAGLIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 42649083666     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000114405     Document Type: Article

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