Sensory neuroanatomy of stick insects highlights the evolutionary diversity of the orthopteroid subgenual organ complex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3791-3803

  Strauß, Johannes ^a   Lakes Harlan, Reinhard ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chordotonal organ; Mechanosensation; Neuroanatomy; Stick insect; Subgenual organ

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARAUSIUS MOROSUS; CELL COUNT; COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ENSIFERA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTEROIDEA; PHASMATODEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; SENSILLUM; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIYPLOIDEA SIPYLUS; SUBGENUAL ORGAN; TETTIGONIIDAE; TIBIA;

CHORDOTONAL ORGAN; MECHANOSENSATION; NEUROANATOMY; STICK INSECT; SUBGENUAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; INSECTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; METALLOPORPHYRINS; SENSE ORGANS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 84892879286     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23378     Document Type: Article

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