Escape behavior - Brainstem and spinal cord circuitry and function

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 826-832

  Korn, Henri ^a   Faber, Donald S ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; MODULATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0030455382     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80034-1     Document Type: Article

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