Transitions between two different motor patterns in Xenopus embryos

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

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 279-291

  Green, C S ^a   Soffe, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural switching; Embryo; Kinematics; Swimming; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA; ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030087755     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00188169     Document Type: Article

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