Sensorimotor pathways involved in interjoint reflex action of an insect leg

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 891-913

  Hess, Dietmar ^a   Büschges, Ansgar ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distributed processing; Habituation; Interjoint coordination; Network topology; Nonspiking interneuron; Reflex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COORDINATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; INSECT; INTERNEURON; JOINT; LEG; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0030831597     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199712)33:7<891::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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