Descending control of body attitude in the cockroach Blaberus discoidalis and its role in incline climbing

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-264

  Ritzmann, Roy E ^a   Pollack, Alan J ^a   Archinal, Jeffrey ^a   Ridgel, Angela L ^a   Quinn, Roger D ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumoesophageal connective; Cockroach; Incline; Slipping; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; EXERCISE TEST; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COCKROACHES; ESOPHAGUS; EXERCISE TEST; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16444379956     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0537-0     Document Type: Article

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