CENTRAL PROJECTION OF AUDITORY RECEPTORS IN THE PROTHORACIC GANGLION OF THE BUSH-CRICKET PSORODONOTUS-ILLYRICUS (TETTIGONIIDAE) - COMPUTER-AIDED ANALYSIS OF THE END BRANCH PATTERN
R. Ebendt et al., CENTRAL PROJECTION OF AUDITORY RECEPTORS IN THE PROTHORACIC GANGLION OF THE BUSH-CRICKET PSORODONOTUS-ILLYRICUS (TETTIGONIIDAE) - COMPUTER-AIDED ANALYSIS OF THE END BRANCH PATTERN, Journal of neurobiology, 25(1), 1994, pp. 35-49
The projection patterns of morphologically and functionally identified
auditory and auditory-vibratory receptor cells of receptor organs (th
e crista acustica and the intermediate organ) in the foreleg of the te
ttigoniid Psorodonotus illyricus, were investigated with combined reco
rding and staining techniques, and subsequent histological examination
and morphometric measurements. With the application of a computer pro
gram (AutoCAD), three-dimensional reconstructions of the axon end bran
ches of receptor cells within the neuropile of the anterior Ring Tract
(aRT) were made, in order to determine, the entire shape of each, the
pattern and density of the end branches, and the positions of the tar
get areas within the auditory neuropile. Clear differences for differe
nt functional types of receptors were found. (C) 1994 John Wiley and S
ons, Inc.