The brain can eat: Establishing the existence of a central pattern generator for feeding in third instar larvae of Drosophila virilis and Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 695-705

  Schoofs, Andreas ^a   Niederegger, Senta ^b   van Ooyen, Andrè ^c   Heinzel, Hans Georg ^a   Spieß, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Diptera larvae; Feeding

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRAIN; FLY; LARVA; MUSCLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MUSCLES;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS;

EID: 77954887068     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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