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Functional role of leg receptors of the cockroach Periplaneta americana in the system of walking control

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This work deals with study of role of the hairplate and of campaniform sensillae (CS) on legs of the cockroach Periplaneta americana in the system of walking control. Three receptors were shown to induce their regulatory, correctional effect on the rhythm of the cockroach steps depending on the external circumstances. These effects are mainly realized only at slow walking.

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Original Russian Text © V.S. Gorelkin, I.Yu. Severina, I.L. Isavnina, 2012, published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2012, Vol. 48, No. 6, pp. 568–572.

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Gorelkin, V.S., Severina, I.Y. & Isavnina, I.L. Functional role of leg receptors of the cockroach Periplaneta americana in the system of walking control. J Evol Biochem Phys 49, 348–352 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022093013030092

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