Muscle receptor organs of the crayfish, Cherax destructor: Input to telson motor neurons

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 228-242

  Vescovi, Paul J ^a   Macmillan, David L ^a   Simmers, A John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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EID: 0030821862     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19971015)279:3<228::AID-JEZ4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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