A brain region in insects that supervises walking

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 1999, Pages 273-284

  Strausfeld, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FOREBRAIN; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 0033371241     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62863-0     Document Type: Article

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