Locomotory behavior in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta: Kinematic and electromyographic analyses of the thoracic legs in larvae and adults

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 759-774

  Johnston, Rebecca M ^a   Levine, Richard B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect; Locomotion; Manduca sexta; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; THORAX;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MANDUCA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; THORAX;

EID: 5844222592     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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