Neuropharmacological evidence for inhibitory cephalic control mechanisms of stridulatory behaviour in grasshoppers

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

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 389-399

  Heinrich, R ^a   Rozwod K ^a   Elsner, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Grasshopper; Inhibition; Neuropharmacology; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031667802     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050265     Document Type: Article

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