Role of a looming-sensitive neuron in triggering the defense behavior of the praying mantis
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1 Tenodera aridifolia 2 3 Keiichiro Sato and Yoshifumi Yamawaki* 4 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan 5 6 Running head: Looming sensitive neuron and defense behavior 7 8 *Corresponding author 9 Tel/Fax: +81-92-642-2315 10 E-mail: [email protected] 11 12 Contribution to the study 13 Keiichiro Sato: Performing experiments, data analysis, and writing first draft 14 Yoshifumi Yamawaki: Supervising the study, data analysis, and writing manuscript 15 16 17 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (May 21, 2014). doi:10.1152/jn.00049.2014
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