The author described the spectral sensitivity of the vibratory sensory system in a non-hearing Ensifera species at the basis a large number of morphologically and functionally identified vibratory interneurons. She pointed at the prevailing sensitivity to low frequency vibrations and in detail described the anatomy and response characteristics of those which putative homologues are not known in other Orthoptera. The work emphasises the importance of processing of low-frequency vibrations in Orthoptera, and data on the novel neuron types represent a basis for interspecific comparison.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2053967
The article represents the first investigation of the vibratory system in a non-hearing species of Ensifera and provides the first direct evidence on the evolutionary origin of the auditory and vibratory receptor system at the CNS level. Morphology and function of vibratory interneurons are described in the ventral nerve chord of a cave cricket. Some of them are homologous to known auditory neurons of crickets and bush crickets. Certain sets of counterpart neurons indicate that the structure and connectivity of neurons may have changed by specialization for a novel function.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1907023
The author presented in the cave cricket neuronal basis of to vibratory stimuli. As many animals cave crickets respond to unexpected and high-intensity mechanical stimuli with simultaneous contraction of leg and body muscles, regarded as preparation for escape jump. The reaction in this species is tuned to low frequency vibrations. In the ventral nerve chord she described three types of interneurons of anatomical an functional characteristics suggesting that they represent a part of the neuronal pathway mediating the startle response.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2007887
The author presented at the international congress the frequency sensitivity of vibration-sensitive interneurons identified in the ventral nerve chord of the cave cricket Troglophilus neglectus, and described behavioural reactions related to emission and detection of vibration signals. She represented also frequency-intensity sensitivity of the startle response elicited by low-frequency vibration pulses, the inhibition of this response by presenting vibrational pre-pulses, identified interneurons which could mediate this response and finally male vibratory signals emitted by tremulation.
COBISS.SI-ID: 25999065
In the second edition of the most recent and extensive encyclopedia of insects edited by well respected publishing company Academic Press the authors described different aspects of insect communication through the substrate.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2058063