Motor output characterizing thanatosis in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 3899-3915

  Nishino, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory flexor; Common inhibitory motor neurone; Cricket; Gryllus bimaculatus; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GRYLLIDAE; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; LIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; GRYLLIDAE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS;

EID: 10344261569     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01220     Document Type: Article

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