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Insects, like vertebrates and crustaceans, try to stabilize their retinal image by eye movements when the animal or the environment is moving (WEHNER 1981). Because their eyes are integrated in the exoskeleton this task requires the activity of neck muscles turning the head. This paper (l)outlines the neuromuscular organization of the head-neck system innervated by cervical nerves in the sphinx moth Manduca sexta ; (2) demonstrates the direction-selective responses of neck motor neurons; and (3) describes the activity of a pair of neck muscles elicited by horizontally rotating optomotor stimuli and the corresponding compensatory head movement.
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Dombrowski, U.J., Milde, J.J., Wendler, G. (1990). Visual Control of Compensatory Head Movements in the Sphinx Moth. In: Gribakin, F.G., Wiese, K., Popov, A.V. (eds) Sensory Systems and Communication in Arthropods. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6410-7_23
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