The kinematics of swallowing in the buccal mass of Aplysia californica

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 735-752

  Drushel, Richard F ^a   Neustadter, David M ^b,c   Shallenberger, Lori Lyn ^a,d   Crago, Patrick E ^b   Chiel, Hillel J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c Elscint Ltd   (Israel)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia californica; buccal mass; kinematics; radula; shape space analysis; slug; swallowing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWALLOWING; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; DEGLUTITION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031079593     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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