Descending control of turning behavior in the cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-402

  Ridgel, Angela L ^a   Alexander, Blythe E ^a   Ritzmann, Roy E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; COCKROACH; CYTOLOGY; DENERVATION; GAIT; GANGLION; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NERVE TRACT; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; COCKROACHES; DENERVATION; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ORIENTATION;

EID: 34248137499     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0193-7     Document Type: Article

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