Task-level control of rapid wall following in the American cockroach

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1617-1629

  Cowan, N J ^a   Lee, J ^a   Full, R J ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cockroach; Dynamics; Insect; Locomotion; Neural control; Periplaneta americana

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCKROACHES; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SENSE ORGANS; TOUCH;

BLATTARIA; INSECTA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 33744799147     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02166     Document Type: Article

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