The locust abdominal muscle receptor organ: Response characteristics and its role in the control of segmental distance

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 679-697

  Ferber, M ^a,b   Hustert, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscle receptor organ; Interneurone; Locust; Locusta migratoria; Resistance reflexes

Indexed keywords

LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA;

EID: 0007290434     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00227380     Document Type: Article

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