Flight Activity Initiated via Giant Interneurons of the Cockroach: Evidence for Bifunctional Trigger Interneurons
- 24 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 210 (4468) , 443-445
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.210.4468.443
Abstract
Activity in dorsal giant interneurons of the cockroach initiates flight movements if leg contact with a substrate is prevented. The same interneurons initiate activity associated with running when leg contact is maintained. Thus, which one of two completely different behaviors the giant interneurons evoke depends on the presence or absence of leg contact.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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