Circadian locomotor rhythms in the cricket, Gryllodes sigillatus I. Localization of the pacemaker and the photoreceptor

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 719-727

  Abe, Yoshiteru ^a   Ushirogawa, Hiroshi ^a   Tomioka, Kenji ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GRYLLIDAE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPTIC LOBE; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GRYLLIDAE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPTIC LOBE; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031240827     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.719     Document Type: Article

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