Crawling motor patterns induced by pilocarpine in isolated larval nerve cords of Manduca sexta

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3178-3195

  Johnston, Rebecca M ^a   Levine, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CORD; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0029911060     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.5.3178     Document Type: Article

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