Motor program initiation and selection in crickets, with special reference to swimming and flying behavior

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

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 987-995

  Matsuura, Tetsuya ^a   Kanou, Masamichi ^a   Yamaguchi, Tsuneo ^b,c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kawasaki College of Allied Health Professions   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cricket; Flying behavior; Initiation and switching of behavior; Swimming behavior; Swimming initiating neurons

Indexed keywords

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; NEPTUNIA;

AIR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLYING; GANGLION; GRYLLIDAE; LIMB; MALE; MOTONEURON; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; WALKING;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; PERIODICITY; SWIMMING; WALKING;

EID: 0036008955     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-001-0269-3     Document Type: Article

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