Scanning behavior in the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana.

While moving through their environment, medicinal leeches stop periodically and wave their head or body back and forth. This activity has been previously described as two separate behaviors: one called 'head movement' and another called 'body waving'. Here, we report that these b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cynthia M Harley, Daniel A Wagenaar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3897618?pdf=render