Topographic Organization of the Pectine Neuropils in Scorpions An Analysis of Chemosensory Afferents and the Projection Pattern in the Central Nervous System /

• Main Author: Drozd, Denise (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Spektrum, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: BestMasters,
• Subjects: Zoology.; Neurosciences.; Microscopy.; Biological Microscopy.

Chelicerates do not possess dedicated antennae like the Mandibulata but have evolved their second sets of appendages into the eponymous chelicerae. In scorpions, pectines are specialized comb-like structures, located on the ninth body segment, used for examining the substrate for chemo- and mechanos...

Table of Contents:

• The Nervous System of Scorpions
• Structural Analysis of the Posterior Pectine Neuropil
• Projection Areas of Chemosensory Afferents.