Producing directed behaviour: Muscle activity patterns of the cockroach escape response

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 563-568

  Levi, Rafael ^a   Camhi, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cockroach; Directional behaviour; Escape behaviour; Giant interneurones; Periplaneta americana

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030062066     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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