Inhibitory motor neurones supply body wall muscles in the locust abdomen

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 445-455

  Schmäh, Michael ^a   Wolf, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscle; Common inhibitory motor neurone; GABA; Locust; Locusta migratoria; Segmental homology (homonomy)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GANGLION; GRASSHOPPER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA;

EID: 0037323262     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00086     Document Type: Article

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