Proprioceptive encoding of head position in the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.) (Stratiomyidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 3913-3924

  Paulk, Angelique ^a,b   Gilbert, Cole ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ill posed problem; Insect; Mechanoreception; Neck; Posture; Prosternal organ

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HEAD MOVEMENT; INSECT; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; INSECTS; MECHANORECEPTORS; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION;

HERMETIA ILLUCENS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; STRATIOMYIDAE;

EID: 33750599064     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02438     Document Type: Article

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