Neural Mechanisms of Behavioral Plasticity: Metamorphosis and Learning in Manduca sexta

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue , 1997, Pages 69-80

  Weeks, J C ^a   Jacobsb, G A ^b   Pierce, J T ^a   Sandstrom, D J ^c   Streichert, L C ^a,d   Trimmer, B A ^a,e   Wiel, D E ^a   Wood, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Cell death; Dendrite; Habituation; Manduca sexta; Metamorphosis; Motor neuron; Sensory neuron; Steroid hormone; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DENDRITE; HABITUATION; LEPIDOPTERA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DENDRITES; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MANDUCA; MENTAL RECALL; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0030628521     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113356     Document Type: Article

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