The impact of cercal air currents on singing motor pattern generation in the cricket
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The impact of cercal air currents on singing motor pattern generation in the cricket 1 (Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer) 2 Pedro F. Jacob 2 and Berthold Hedwig 3 Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, 4 United Kingdom 5 Champalimaud Neuroscience Program, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, 6 Portugal 7 8 Running head: Cercal impact on singing motor pattern generation 9 10 Correspondence to B. Hedwig: Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing 11 Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom. Telephone: ++44 1223 336603 / Fax: ++44 12 1223 336676 / E-mail: [email protected]. 13 14 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (September 2, 2015). doi:10.1152/jn.00669.2015
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