Activity-dependent regulation of neural networks: The role of inhibitory synaptic plasticity in adaptive gain control in the siphon withdrawal reflex of Aplysia

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 164-166

  Fischer, Thomas M ^a   Carew, Thomas J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031080744     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542594     Document Type: Conference Paper

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