The closed-loop nature of the tymbal response in the dogbane tiger moth, cycnia tenera (lepidoptera, arctiidae)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 130-136

  Northcott, Murk A ^a   Fullard, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bats; Lepidoptera; Neuroethology; Rhythmic behaviour; Sensory processing; Tiger moths

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030333106     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113192     Document Type: Article

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