High-frequency steering maneuvers mediated by tactile cues: Antennal wall-following in the cockroach

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 631-643

  Camhi, J M ^a   Johnson, E N ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna; Avoidance behaviour; Cockroach; Orientation; Periplaneta americana; Steering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TOUCH; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCKROACHES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SENSE ORGANS; TOUCH; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; INSECTA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 0033105991     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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