Movement encoding by a stretch receptor in the soft-bodied caterpillar, Manduca sexta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1021-1031

  Simon, Michael A ^a   Trimmer, Barry A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Manduca sexta; Mechanosensors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LARVA; MANDUCA; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOVEMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 63849105586     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.023507     Document Type: Article

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