Escapes with and without preparation: The neuroethology of visual startle in locusts

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 876-883

  Simmons, Peter J ^a   Rind, F Claire ^a   Santer, Roger D ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Collision; Flight; Interneuron; Jump; Locust; Startle

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT; LOCUST; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EFFERENT NERVE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPER; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ESCAPE REACTION; GRASSHOPPERS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS;

ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 77954312611     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.04.015     Document Type: Review

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