Projection patterns of posterior dorsal unpaired median neurons of the locust subesophageal ganglion

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 478, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-175

  Bräunig, Peter ^a   Burrows, Malcolm ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efferent neuron; Insect; Motor control; Neuromodulation; Octopamine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; OCTOPAMINE;

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; GANGLION; INTERNEURON; LOCUST; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBESOPHAGEAL GANGLION; THORACIC GANGLION; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; INTERNEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCTOPAMINE; THORAX;

EID: 4444367632     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20287     Document Type: Article

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