Mechanoreceptors in the Cuticle of the Honey Bee: Fine Structure and Stimulus Mechanism

作者：Ulrich Thurm · 发表于：Science · 年份：1964 · DOI：10.1126/science.145.3636.1063 · 被引用次数：280 · 研究领域：Plant Reproductive Biology、Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior、Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

The distal nerve process of hair plate sensilla and campaniform sensilla contains a special terminal structure in the form of a bundle of tubules herein designated the "tubular body." Physiological and morphological results indicate that compression at the site of this body probably acts as the stimulus at the cellular level. A ciliary structure separates an outer segment of the distal nerve process from the remaining distal fiber.