Invertebrate neurobiology: brain control of insect walking.
Neurogenetic and lesion studies have identified regions of the insect brain that can modulate and direct locomotion. Activities of these neurons have now been recorded in cockroaches during walking.
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JC Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25701, USA. Sensillum@aol.com
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D003058:Cockroaches / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D009446:Neurobiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010507:Periodicity; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*