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Multiple mechanisms generate the resting activity of filiform sensilla in the firebug (Pyrrhocoris a...

Multiple mechanisms generate the resting activity of filiform sensilla in the firebug (Pyrrhocoris a...

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Multiple mechanisms generate the resting activity of filiform sensilla in the firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus L.; Heteroptera)

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Multiple mechanisms generate the resting activity of filiform sensilla in the firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus L.; Heteroptera)

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag

Journal title

Journal of Comparative Physiology, 2009-07, Vol.195 (7), p.651-661

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English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag

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The resting activity was studied in filiform sensilla of the firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus). Three functional types (T₁, T₂ and T₃) were detected on the abdomen. A resting discharge of nerve impulses is present in all--always in types T₁ and T₂ and occasionally in type T₃. In T₁ the mean rate is 57, in T₂ 3.3 and in T₃ 0.5 imp/s. Shortening the hair...

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Multiple mechanisms generate the resting activity of filiform sensilla in the firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus L.; Heteroptera)

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_872139740

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_872139740

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ISSN

0340-7594

E-ISSN

1432-1351

DOI

10.1007/s00359-009-0440-9

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