Morphological and electrophysiological aspects of dorsal median paired neurons generating plateau action potentials in the terminal abdominal ganglion of the insect central nervous system

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-115

  Amat, C ^a   Hue, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Dorsal median paired neuron; Insect; Periplaneta americana; Plateau action potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030063725     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00189595     Document Type: Article

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