Role of proprioceptive signals from an insect femur-tibia joint in patterning motoneuronal activity of an adjacent leg joint

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1856-1865

  Hess, Dietmar ^a,b   Büschges, Ansgar ^a,c  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INSECT; JOINT; LEG; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX; SENSORY SYSTEM; VELOCITY;

EID: 0345518024     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.4.1856     Document Type: Article

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