Control of the motor pattern generator in the viith abdominal ganglion of Locusta: Descending neural inhibition and coordination with the oviposition hole digging central pattern generator

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 791-798

  Facciponte, Giovanni ^a   Lange, Angela B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Locusta; Motor pattern generator

Indexed keywords

LOCUSTA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0030206854     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(96)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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