Encoding properties of the wing hinge stretch receptor in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 3693-3702

  Frye, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight; Hawkmoth; Insect; Manduca sexta; Mechanosensory; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MANDUCA; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLES; WING;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0035746207     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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