A group of segmental premotor interneurons regulates the speed of axial locomotion in drosophila larvae

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2632-2642

  Kohsaka, Hiroshi ^a   Takasu, Etsuko ^a   Morimoto, Takako ^b   Nose, Akinao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 84923252813     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.026     Document Type: Article

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