Co-ordination of the flight motor pattern with forewing stretch receptor stimulation in immature and mature adult locusts

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-130

  Gray, John R ^a   Robertson, R Meldrum ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Entrainment; Flight; Locust; Maturation; Motor patter; Proprioception; Stretch receptor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLIGHT MUSCLE; FORELIMB; LOCUST; MATURATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STRETCH RECEPTOR;

EID: 0031238622     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00446-X     Document Type: Article

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