Central complex substructures are required for the maintenance of locomotor activity in Drosophila melanogaster

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

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-288

  Martin, J R ^a,b   Raabe, T ^a   Heisenberg, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NAMC   (France)

Author keywords

Fan shape body; Motivational control; Noduli Spontaneous walking; Protocerebral bridge

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033197791     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050387     Document Type: Article

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