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Dynamic analysis of larval locomotion in Drosophila chordotonal organ mutants.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Dec 2003
Caldwell Jason C, Miller Matthew M, Wing Susan, Soll David R, Eberl Daniel F
Abstract excerpt
Rhythmic movements, such as peristaltic contraction, are initiated by output from central pattern generator (CPG) networks in the CNS. These oscillatory networks elicit locomotion in the absence of external sensory or descending inputs, but CPG circuits produce more directed and behaviorally relevant movement via peripheral nervous system (PNS) input. Drosophila melanogaster larval locomotion results from...
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