Locust dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurones directly innervate and modulate hindleg proprioceptors

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3333-3338

  Bräunig, Peter ^a,b   Eder, Matthias ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogenic amine; Locusta migratoria; Mechanoreceptor; Neuromodulation; Octopamine; Proprioceptor; Strand receptor

Indexed keywords

LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA;

EID: 0032438831     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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