Giant and dwarf axons in a miniature insect, Encarsia formosa, (Hymenoptera, Calcididae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 535-543

  Hustert, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CNS fusions; Encarsia formosa; Miniature insect CNS; Smallest and largest axon diameters; Wind sensitive escape system

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GANGLION; HYMENOPTERA; INTERNEURON; LEG; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WIND;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY SIZE; HYMENOPTERA;

ENCARSIA FORMOSA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84870309767     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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