Sensory projections from the wind-sensitive head hairs of the locust Schistocerca gregaria
- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cell and tissue research
- Vol. 203 (1) , 79-92
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00234330
Abstract
The neurones from the wind-sensitive hairs on the locust head have been filled with cobalt chloride and intensified with silver. All the neurones project through the brain to the suboesophageal ganglion, some continue to the prothoracic ganglion and a few as far as the mesothoracic ganglion. Three different types of projection are described and a regrouping is proposed of Weis-Fogh's five hair fields into three areas. The distribution of the neurones from these areas is described in relation to other structures in the ganglion and is discussed in relation to the function of the hair fields in stability control and grooming.Keywords
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