Functional recovery following manipulation of muscles and sense organs in the stick insect leg

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

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1151-1168

  Bässler, Ulrich ^a   Wolf, Harald ^b   Stein, Wolfgang ^b  

^a University of Ulm ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional recovery; Injury; Insect; Leg motor control; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; INSECT; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN;

ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; INSECTS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLES; POSTURE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSE ORGANS;

EID: 35348979779     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0268-0     Document Type: Article

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