Characterization of buccal motor programs elicited by a cholinergic agonist applied to the cerebral ganglion of Aplysia californica

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

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 509-524

  Susswein, A J ^a   Rosen, S C ^b   Gapon, S ^b   Kupfermann, I ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Feeding; Learning; Modulation; Satiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0030273539     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00192317     Document Type: Article

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