Modulation of syllable period-selective phonotaxis by prothoracic neurones in crickets (Acheta domesticus): Juvenile hormone, picrotoxin and photoinactivation of the ON1 neurones

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-333

  Atkins, Gordon ^a   Kilmer, Jason ^a   Scalfani, Micheal ^a   Navia, Benjamin ^a   Stout, John ^a  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Nanoinjection; Plasticity; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AUDITORY CUE; CRICKET; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HORMONE; JUVENILE; NEUROLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RECOGNITION; SONG; TAXIS; TOXIN;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; GRYLLIDAE;

EID: 56649110999     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2008.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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