Muscle group dependent responses to stimuli in a grasshopper model for tonic immobility

Summary Tonic Immobility (TI) is a prolonged immobile condition exhibited by a variety of animals when exposed to certain stimuli, and is thought to be associated with a specific state of arousal. In our study, we characterize this state by using the reliably inducible TI state of the grasshopper (H...

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Main Authors: Ashwin Miriyala, Aparna Dutta-Gupta, Joby Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2013-09-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/2/11/1214