Static electric fields modify the locomotory behaviour of cockroaches

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2020-2026

  Jackson, Christopher W ^a   Hunt, Edmund ^a   Sharkh, Suleiman ^a   Newland, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High voltage; Insect; Locomotion; Static electric field; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LOCOMOTION; PERIPLANETA; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LOCOMOTION; PERIPLANETA; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 79957663148     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.053470     Document Type: Article

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