Deciding which way to go: How do insects alter movements to negotiate barriers?

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Ritzmann, Roy E ^a   Harley, Cynthia M ^b   Daltorio, Kathryn A ^c   Tietz, Brian R ^c   Pollack, Alan J ^a   Bender, John A ^a   Guo, Peiyuan ^a   Horomanski, Audra L ^a   Kathman, Nicholas D ^a   Nieuwoudt, Claudia ^a   Brown, Amy E ^a   Quinn, Roger D ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Central complex; Electrolytic lesion; Foraging in arena; Insect brain; Multi channel recording, Procaine injection, Tethered walking

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; COCKROACH; DECISION MAKING; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRODE; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TACTILE FEEDBACK; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 84865195765     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00097     Document Type: Article

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