Morphology and electrophysiological properties of cutaneous sensilla in agamid lizards |
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| Authors: | Uwe Hiller |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Abteilung für Physiologie und Ökologie, Universität Münster, Badestrasse 9, D-4400 Münster, Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Abstract: | The external morphology of agamid cutaneous sensilla has been studied by means of the scanning electron microscope (SEM). Electrophysiological recordings from single organs were obtained in response to mechanical bending of the centrally located long seta. In this way the mechanoreceptive function of reptilian cutaneous sensilla has been established for the first time.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. G. Pfefferkorn on the occasion of his 65th birthday. |
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| Keywords: | Reptiles Cutaneous sensilla Morphology Mechanoreceptor function |
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