Adult, sex-specific behavior characterized by elevated neuronal functional complexity

NeuroReport

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1153-1158

  Fuchs, Einat ^a   Hulata, Eyal ^a   Ben Jacob, Eshel ^a   Ayali, Amir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Functional complexity; Information capacity; Locust; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LOCUST; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; OVIPOSITION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33745922862     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000224777.89775.8c     Document Type: Article

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