Structure of the afferent terminals in terminal ganglion of a cricket and persistent homology.
We use topological data analysis to investigate the three dimensional spatial structure of the locus of afferent neuron terminals in crickets Acheta domesticus.Each afferent neuron cent dyyni innervates a filiform hair positioned on a cercus: a protruding appendage at the rear of the animal.The hairs transduce air motion to the neuron signal that i