Evidence for transmitter similarity of two classes of mechanoreceptor neurons in the cerebral ganglion of Aplysia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-160

  Gapon, S ^a   Kupfermann, I ^a  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ganglion; Mechanoreceptor; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029880272     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12400-9     Document Type: Article

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