Serotonin and the small cardioactive peptides differentially modulate two motor neurons that innervate the same muscle fibers in Aplysia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 6064-6074

  Fox, Lyle E ^a   Lloyd, Philip E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraction; Facilitation; Latency; Neuropeptide; Potentiation; Synapse

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT; NEUROPEPTIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; FACILITATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030797142     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-16-06064.1997     Document Type: Article

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