Neuropeptide hierarchies and the activation of sequential motor behaviors in the hawkmoth, Manduca sexta

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4389-4397

  Gammie, Stephen C ^a   Truman, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CCAP; cGMP; ecdysis; ecdysis triggering hormone; eclosion hormone; pre ecdysis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; INOTROPIC AGENT; INSECT HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCOMOTION; MOLTING; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE ROOT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030911021     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-11-04389.1997     Document Type: Article

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