Role of an identified looming-sensitive neuron in triggering a flying locust's escape

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3391-3400

  Santer, Roger D ^a   Rind, F Claire ^a   Stafford, Richard ^a   Simmons, Peter J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLYING; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; LOCUST; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CORD; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ESCAPE REACTION; GRASSHOPPERS; LOCOMOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REACTION; WING;

EID: 33744947033     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00024.2006     Document Type: Article

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