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Neurobiology: venom of wasps and initiation of movements
Sasha N Zill1, Bridget R Keller
1Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia 25701, USA. Sensillum@aol.com <Sensillum@aol.com>
Current Biology : CB
|June 27, 2008
Abstract:
The ability to initiate movements can be impaired in some brain injuries even though motor actions proceed normally once they are begun. The effects of venom that wasps use in preying upon cockroaches could provide insights into this problem.

