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Tissue Cell

Title:		"Fine structure of the pheromone-sensitive sensilla on the antenna of the hawkmoth, Manduca sexta"
Author(s):		Keil TA;
Address:		"Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Verhaltensphysiologie, Gruppe Kaissling D-8130 Seewiesen, Federal Republic of Germany"
Journal Title:		Tissue Cell
Year:		1989
Volume:		21
Issue:		1
Page Number:		139 - 151
DOI:		10.1016/0040-8166(89)90028-1
ISSN/ISBN:		0040-8166 (Print) 0040-8166 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The flagellar antenna of the male hawkmoth Manduca sexta carries about 42,000 pheromone-sensitive sensilla trichodea, which are arranged in 'baskets' on the single segments. Each sensillum consists of a cuticular hair up to 500 mum long and is innervated by two bipolar sensory neurons. Each neuron sends an unbranched dendrite into the hair shaft. The dendrite is subdivided by a short ciliary region into an inner and an outer segment. The inner segment is especially rich in smooth vesicles, which accumulate beneath the ciliary region where they seem to fuse with the dendritic membrane. The outer dendritic segment often shows conspicuous 'beads' along its length. Three auxiliary, or enveloping, cells belong to each adult sensillum. These are the thecogen, the trichogen, and the 'outer' cell. Most probably, the latter is not homologous with the 'traditional' tormogen cell from a genealogical point of view"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEKeil, T A eng Scotland 1989/01/01 Tissue Cell. 1989; 21(1):139-51. doi: 10.1016/0040-8166(89)90028-1"