Synaptic interactions between a muscle-associated proprioceptor and body wall muscle motor neurons in larval and adult Manduca sexta

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1597-1610

  Tamarkin, Dawn A ^a   Levine, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LARVA; LATENT PERIOD; LEPIDOPTERA; METAMORPHOSIS; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIKE; STRETCH RECEPTOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029748592     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.3.1597     Document Type: Article

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