Octopaminergic modulation of locust motor neurones

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

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-252

  Parker, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Jumping; Modulation; Motor neurone; Octopamine; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0030041303     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00188166     Document Type: Article

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