Neuromodulation of flight initiation by octopamine in the cockroach Periplaneta americana

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

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-112

  Weisel Eichler, A ^a   Libersat, F ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavioral initiation; Cockroach; Flight; Neuromodulation; Octopamine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); INSECTA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 0029808283     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00193438     Document Type: Article

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