Sign stimulus activates a peptidergic neural system controlling reproductive behavior in Aplysia

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2161-2166

  Begnoche, Valerie L ^b   Moore, Samuel K ^b   Blum, Noah ^b   Van Gils, Carl ^b   Mayeri, Earl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG LAYING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEEDING; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS;

EID: 0029890852     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.2161     Document Type: Article

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