Facilitation at the lobster neuromuscular junction: A stimulus-dependent mobilization model

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 417-428

  Worden, Mary Kate ^a   Bykhovskaia, Maria ^a,b   Hackett, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; LOBSTER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030742076     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.417     Document Type: Article

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