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Keywords: ventral nerve cord
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J Exp Biol (2002) 205 (20): 3123–3131.
Published: 15 October 2002
... is characterized by a series of aliform muscles inserted into a tissue matrix that is fused to the dorsal surface of the ventral nerve cord (VNC) itself. Because of this arrangement, the abdominal VNC can attain high rates of lateral oscillation, and is capable of directing haemolymph flow. We have previously...
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J Exp Biol (1998) 201 (17): 2529–2541.
Published: 1 September 1998
... al . 1997). The giant fiber system in orthopteran insects such as crickets or cockroaches consists of bilaterally symmetrical pairs of interneurons whose somata are located in the terminal ganglion (TG). Their axons ascend the ventral nerve cord contralateral to the cell bodies (Roeder, 1948...
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J Exp Biol (1997) 200 (14): 2017–2033.
Published: 15 July 1997
...Michael Hörner; Wendy A. Weiger; Donald H. Edwards; Edward A. Kravitz ABSTRACT Serotonin-containing neurosecretory neurons in the first abdominal ganglion (A1 5-HT cells) of the lobster (Homarus americanus) ventral nerve cord have been shown previously to function as ‘gain setters’ in postural...