Thoracic leg motoneurons in the isolated CNS of adult Manduca produce patterned activity in response to pilocarpine, which is distinct from that produced in larvae

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 175-192

  Johnston, Rebecca M ^a,b   Levine, Richard B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crawling; Insect; Locomotion; Metamorphosis; Walking

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; ISOLATED ORGAN; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; LARVA; MANDUCA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PILOCARPINE;

EID: 0036821732     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10158-002-0019-4     Document Type: Article

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