Vibratory interneurons in the non-hearing cave cricket indicate evolutionary origin of sound processing elements in Ensifera

Zoology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-68

  Stritih, Nataša ^a   Stumpner, Andreas ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution of hearing; Orthoptera; Rhaphidophoridae; Troglophilus neglectus; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; INTERNEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; EVOLUTION; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; INTERNEURONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; VIBRATION;

ENSIFERA (INSECTS); GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLOIDEA; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; RHAPHIDOPHORIDAE; TETTIGONIIDAE; TROGLOPHILUS NEGLECTUS;

EID: 57649240526     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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