Light enhances hydrodynamic signaling in the multimodal caudal photoreceptor interneurons of the crayfish

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3002-3011

  Pei, Xing ^a   Wilkens, Lon A ^a   Moss, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0029861436     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.5.3002     Document Type: Article

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