Temporal pattern of locomotor activity in Drosophila melanogaster

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

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-84

  Martin, J R ^a   Ernst, R ^a   Heisenberg, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Bout structure; Fractal structure; Locomotor activity; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FRACTALS; INFRARED RAYS; LOCOMOTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0033042209     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050307     Document Type: Article

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