Frequency processing at consecutive levels in the auditory system of bush crickets (Tettigoniidae)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3101-3116

  Ostrowski, Tim Daniel ^a   Stumpner, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancistrura nigrovittata; auditory processing; brain neuron; frequency filter; frequency tuning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GANGLION; INSECT; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; INTERNEURONS; MALE; PICROTOXIN; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77954577870     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22385     Document Type: Article

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