An identified interneuron contributes to aspects of six different behaviors in Aplysia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5266-5279

  Xin, Yuanpei ^a   Weiss, Klaudiusz R ^b   Kupfermann, Irving ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; command; feeding; head turning; locomotion; mechanosensory; withdrawal reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; COORDINATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAD MOVEMENT; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0029781574     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-05266.1996     Document Type: Article

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