Response properties of the prothoracic AN2 auditory interneurone to model calling songs in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-359

  Stout, John ^a   Stumpner, Andreas ^b   Jeffery, Jason ^a   Samuel, Leslie ^a   Atkins, Gordon ^a  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AN2 interneurone; Call recognition; Neuronal filtering; Selective phonotaxis

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRICKET; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SONG; TAXIS;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS;

EID: 80655149577     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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