Contralateral coordination and retargeting of limb movements during scratching in the locust

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2021-2032

  Matheson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directed limb movement; Grasshopper; Reaching; Schistocerca gregaria; Scratching; Targeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031848025     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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