Sound-induced tympanal membrane motion in bushcrickets and its relationship to sensory output

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3596-3604

  Hummel, Jennifer ^a   Kössl, Manfred ^a   Nowotny, Manuela ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Insect hearing; Katydid; Laser doppler vibrometer; Mecopoda elongata; Spiracle; Tympanal nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARDRUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; LASER; LIMB; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NERVE; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; LASERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VIBRATION;

HEXAPODA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 80054678684     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.054445     Document Type: Article

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