Identification of a putative mechanosensory neuron in Lymnaea: Characterization of its synaptic and functional connections with the whole- body withdrawal interneuron

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3230-3238

  Inoue, T ^b   Takasaki, M ^b   Lukowiak, K ^b   Syed, N I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SNAIL; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0029864531     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.5.3230     Document Type: Article

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