Convergent mechanosensory input structures the firing phase of a steering motor neuron in the blowfly, Calliphora

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1916-1926

  Fayyazuddin, Amir ^a   Dickinson, Michael H ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CALCIUM CURRENT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FLIGHT; FLY; FORELIMB; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 0032819819     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.4.1916     Document Type: Article

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