Neural mechanisms coordinating the female reproductive system in the locust

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4401-4415

  Lange, Angela B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amines; Central pattern generators; Feedback loops; Neuropeptides; Oviducts; Oviposition; Review; Sensory cells; Spermatheca

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OVIPOSITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 63849210533     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3536     Document Type: Review

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