Local movements evoked by chemical stimulation of the hind leg in the locust Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 423-433

  Rogers, Stephen M ^a   Newland, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance response; Chemical stimulation; Chemoreception; Grasshopper; Gustation; Local reflex; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; NICOTINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPER; LIMB; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULATION; TASTE;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXTREMITIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPERS; LYSINE; MOVEMENT; NICOTINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SUCROSE; TASTE;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0034050103     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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