Central generation of grooming motor patterns and interlimb coordination in locusts

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 8079-8091

  Berkowitz, Ari ^a,b   Laurent, Gilles ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CPG; ganglia; insect; locomotion; motor control; scratching; thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COORDINATION; GANGLION; GROOMING; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; LOCUST; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; THORAX;

EID: 0029826753     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-24-08079.1996     Document Type: Article

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