Excitatory interactions between antagonistic motor neurones underlying locust kicking and jumping during maturation after the adult moult

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

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-237

  Norman, A P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Grasshopper; Insect; Motor neurone; Motor pattern; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GRASSHOPPERS; MOTOR NEURONS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0031239518     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050109     Document Type: Article

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