Detection of minute temperature transients by thermosensitive neurons in ants

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1249-1256

  Ruchty, Markus ^a   Roces, Flavio ^a   Kleineidam, Christoph Johannes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77957193501     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00390.2010     Document Type: Article

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