..., leading to the emergence of air breathing in this species. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 12 12 2011 © 2012. 2012 GABA hormone amphibian rhythm generation The transition from water to air breathing that takes place during amphibian...

... models of respiratory control an attractive alternative. Recent studies of amphibians have explored the central neuronal substrate of respiratory rhythm generation by relating global changes in the execution of respiratory motor acts to brainstem neural phenomena ( Kogo et al . 1994 ; Kogo and Remmers...

... of deafferented preparations demonstrate central coupling in the activity of the leg motoneurones that might be incorporated into the generation of locomotion in vivo . 22 9 1994 © The Company of Biologists Limited 1995 rhythm generation walking central pattern generator joint coordination...

... bristles on the wings ( Weis Fogh, 1956 ). Currently we have no knowledge about the function(s) of the chordotonal organs or thoracic hair fields. locust flight chordotonal organ rhythm generation © 1989 by Company of Biologists 1989 24 02 1989 † Present address: Fakultät...