The effects of temperature on signalling in ocellar neurons of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1083-1096

  Simmons, Peter J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Code; Flight; Information; Spike; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSHOPPER; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GRASSHOPPERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMOSENSING; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 80255134491     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0669-y     Document Type: Article

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