The evolution of insect flight: Implications for the evolution of the nervous system

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-12

  Nishikawa, Kiisa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal cerci; Arthropod phylogeny; Giant interneurons; Insect flight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FLYING; GANGLION; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; INTERNEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INSECTS; INTERNEURONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ARTHROPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031184502     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113317     Document Type: Article

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