A pair of identified interneurons in Aplysia that are involved in multiple behaviors are necessary and sufficient for the arterial-shortening component of a local withdrawal reflex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4518-4528

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

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; FEEDING; HEAD MOVEMENT; INTERNEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0029900955     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-14-04518.1996     Document Type: Article

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