Octopaminergic innervation and modulation of a locust flight steering muscle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 633-642

  Stevenson, Paul A ^a   Meuser, Susanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogenic amine; Dorsal unpaired median neurone; Flight; Insect; Locomotion; Locusta migratoria; Octopamine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030780573     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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