Pharmacological and kinetic characterization of two functional classes of serotonergic modulation in Aplysia sensory neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 855-866

  Stark, Laura L ^a   Mercer, Alison R ^a   Emptage, Nigel J ^a   Carew, Thomas J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

APLYSIA; ARTICLE; FACILITATION; GANGLION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029961571     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.2.855     Document Type: Article

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