Involvement of the suboesophageal and thoracic ganglia in the control of antennal movements in crickets

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

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-204

  Horseman, B G ^c   Gebhardt, M J ^b   Honegger, H W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antennae; Brain; Insect; Lesion experiments; Motor control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030770115     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050106     Document Type: Article

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