The tarso-pretarsal chordotonal organ as an element in cockroach walking

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

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 683-700

  Larsen, Gregory S ^a   Frazier, S Faith ^a   Zill, Sasha N ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordotonal organ; Feedback; Insect; Tarsus; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030947428     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050083     Document Type: Article

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