Static electric field detection and behavioural avoidance in cockroaches

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3682-3690

  Newland, Philip L ^a   Hunt, Edmund ^a   Sharkh, Suleiman M ^a   Hama, Noriyuki ^b   Takahata, Masakazu ^b   Jackson, Christopher W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cockroach; Electric fields; High voltage; Mechanoreception; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETISM; PERIPLANETA; PHYSIOLOGY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETICS; PERIPLANETA; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA;

EID: 57149094298     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.019901     Document Type: Article

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