A radiotelemetric 2-channel unit for transmission of muscle potentials during free flight of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-45

  Fischer, H ^a   Kautz, H ^a   Kutsch, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free flight; Insect; Locust; Muscle potential; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INSECT; LOCUST; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0030043035     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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