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The neuronal basis of escape behaviours has been a favoured subject of neurophysiological investigation for almost fifty years. Among the advantages of studying such systems are the relatively great stereotypy of the movements, simplifying behavioural descriptions, and the large axonal diameter of the participating neurones, permitting ease of experimental analysis. Considerable behavioural and neurophysiological insights have been acquired from studies of escape systems in earthworms (Drewes, 1984), crickets (Murphey, 1981), cockroaches (Camhi, 1980), crayfish (Wine & Krasne, 1982), and teleost fish (Eaton, 1983).
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Camhi, J.M. (1985). Feedback Control of an Escape Behaviour. In: Barnes, W.J.P., Gladden, M.H. (eds) Feedback and Motor Control in Invertebrates and Vertebrates. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7084-0_6
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