Cellular basis for singing motor pattern generation in the field cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer)

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 707-725

  Schöneich, Stefan ^a   Hedwig, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Central pattern generator; Identified interneuron; Insect; Species specific motor pattern; Stridulation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROMERE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SEXUAL SELECTION; SINGING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84891835458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.89     Document Type: Article

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