Neuronal organization of a fast-mediating cephalothoracic pathway for antennal-tactile information in the cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1677-1690

  Schöneich, Stefan ^a,b   Schildberger, Klaus ^a   Stevenson, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antennal touch; Descending interneurons; Identified neuron; Insect; Mechanosensory; Tactile sense

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICKET; DENDRITE; FORCE; GANGLION; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEAD; INSECT; INTERNEURON; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; THORAX; TOUCH; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BRAIN; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TOUCH;

EID: 79955089463     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22594     Document Type: Article

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