Segmentally distributed metamorphic changes in neural circuits controlling abdominal bending in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta

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

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 597-610

  Lemon, William C ^a,b   Levine, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect; Larva; Metamorphosis; Nervous system; Pupa

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MANDUCA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 0031172304     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050076     Document Type: Article

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