Adaptive reconfiguration of a reflex circuit during different motor programmes in the locust

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

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 659-669

  Jellema, T ^a   Heitler, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campaniform sensilla; Grasshopper; Kicking; Proprioceptor; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030926293     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050081     Document Type: Article

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