The initiation of pre-ecdysis and ecdysis behaviors in larval Manduca sexta: The roles of the brain, terminal ganglion and eclosion hormone

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1757-1769

  Novicki, Andrea ^a   Weeks, Janis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

ecdysis; eclosion hormone; insect; Manduca sexta; molting; moth

Indexed keywords

ECLOSION HORMONE; INSECT HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; GANGLION; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT HORMONES; LARVA; MANDUCA; MOLTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0030218933     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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