Voltage-activated currents in identified giant interneurons isolated from adult crickets Gryllus bimaculatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2529-2541

  Kloppenburg, Peter ^a   Hörner, Michael ^b  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Cricket; Electrophysiology; Escape behaviour; Giant interneuron; Gryllus bimaculatus; Identified neuron; Insect; Invertebrate; Ventral nerve cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031668591     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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