Function of the appendages in tentacled snakes (Erpeton tentaculatus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-367

  Catania, K C ^a   Leiten, D B ^a   Gauthier, D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain; Mechanosensory; Optic tectum; Touch; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SNAKE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SNAKES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

ERPETON TENTACULATUM; SERPENTES;

EID: 75649103500     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.039685     Document Type: Article

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