Rapid mechano-sensory pathways code leg impact and elicit very rapid reflexes in insects

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2715-2724

  Höltje, Markus ^a   Hustert, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Landing; Leg impact; Locomotion; Locust; Mechanosensory afferent; Motor response; Schistocerca gregaria; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GANGLION; GRASSHOPPER; INNERVATION; LIMB; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXTREMITIES; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0041425020     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00492     Document Type: Article

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