Segment-specific retention of a larval neuromuscular system and its role in a new, rhythmic, pupal motor pattern in Manduca sexta

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

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-302

  Sandstrom, D J ^a,c   Weeks, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Dendrites; Metamorphosis; Motoneuron; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INNERVATION; INSECT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LARVA; MANDUCA; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; NERVE DEGENERATION; PUPA;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0032167759     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050256     Document Type: Article

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