The control of mandible movements in the ant Odontomachus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-240

  Just, Stefan ^a   Gronenberg, Wulfila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Motor neuron; Muscle; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; JAW MUSCLE; MANDIBLE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REFLEX;

EID: 0033024169     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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