Specialized brain regions and sensory inputs that control locomotion in leeches

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-108

  Mullins, Olivia J ^a   Brodfuehrer, Peter D ^b   Jusufović, Saša ^a   Hackett, John T ^a,c   Friesen, W Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Hirudo; Motor control; Sensory modulation; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EFFERENT NERVE; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SENSORY NERVE; SWIMMING;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; LOCOMOTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; SENSATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 84856235061     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0691-0     Document Type: Article

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