Cholinergic activation of stridulatory behaviour in the grasshopper Omocestus viridulus (L.)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1327-1337

  Heinrich, Ralf ^a   Hedwig, Berthold ^a   Elsner, Norbert ^a  

^a I Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; brain; grasshopper; neuropharmacology; Omocestus viridulus; stridulation

Indexed keywords

OMOCESTUS; OMOCESTUS VIRIDULUS;

EID: 0031027881     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.200.9.1327     Document Type: Article

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