Neural Correlates to Flight-Related Density-Dependent Phase Characteristics in Locusts

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-162

  Fuchs, E ^a   Kutsch, W ^b   Ayali, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral plasticity; Flight interneuron; Locust; Phase polymorphism; Spike adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLYING; INTERNEURON; LOCUST; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE;

ANIMALS; CROWDING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GRASSHOPPERS; INTERNEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WIND;

EID: 0142040176     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10261     Document Type: Article

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