Tichy, Harald and Loftus, Richard (1996) Hygroreceptors in insects and a spider: Humidity transduction models. NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, 83 (6). pp. 255-263. ISSN 0028-1042, 1432-1904
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The model most favored in insect hygroreceptors for humidity transduction resembles a mechanical hygrometer. It envisions the humidity-dependent swelling or shrinking of hygroscopic structures belonging to the sensillum as governing dendrite activity. This model, however, is at variance with both the organization and the chemical sensitivity of the hygroreceptive sensilla of Cupiennius salei, a wandering spider. Activity changes in these sensilla fit better into an electrochemical concentration model in which humidity would control the concentration of the electrolytes surrounding the dendrites of the hygroreceptors and thus govern their responses. The situation in Cupiennius, therefore, places models for hygroreception in a broader context and also leads to questions concerning their feasibility elsewhere.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PERIPLANETA-AMERICANA L; THERMOSENSITIVE HYGROSENSITIVE SENSILLA; NO-PORE SENSILLA; CARAUSIUS-MOROSUS; THERMORECEPTIVE SENSILLUM; STICK INSECT; BOMBYX-MORI; RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS; LOCUSTA-MIGRATORIA; CUPIENNIUS-SALEI |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2023 05:30 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2023 05:30 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/51686 |
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