Composition of the excitatory drive during swimming in two amphibian embryos: Rana and Bufo

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

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 563-573

  Perrins, R ^a,b   Soffe, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Electrotonic; Excitatory amino acid; Locomotion; Nicotinic

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO;

EID: 0030273604     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00192322     Document Type: Article

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