Neural control and coordination of jumping in froghopper insects

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 320-330

  Burrows, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; INSECT; JUMPING; LEG MOVEMENT; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; EXTREMITIES; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HEMIPTERA; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 33845946066     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00719.2006     Document Type: Article

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