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Regulation of foregut motility in the house cricket,Acheta domesticus L

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The effects of severance of stomatogastric nerves on the contraction rate of the musculature of the crop ofAcheta domesticus indicates the existence of a stable myogenic rhythm in the foregut muscularis, which is normally masked by nervous influences.

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Kirby, P., Beck, R. & Clarke, R.U. Regulation of foregut motility in the house cricket,Acheta domesticus L. Experientia 39, 730–732 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990296

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