DUM neurons in locust flight: A model system for amine-mediated peripheral adjustments to the requirements of a central motor program

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

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 489-499

  Duch, C ^a,b   Pfluger H J ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

DUM; Insect; Metabolism; Neuromodulation; Octopamine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345085522     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050349     Document Type: Article

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