A cerebral central pattern generator in Aplysia and its connections with buccal feeding circuitry

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 7030-7045

  Perrins, Ray ^a   Weiss, Klaudiusz R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; central pattern generator; command neuron; coupled oscillators; feeding; motor program

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN GANGLION; CHEEK MUCOSA; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIP; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029958681     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-21-07030.1996     Document Type: Article

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