Neurophysiological correlates of unconditioned and conditioned feeding behavior in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3030-3040

  Staras, Kevin ^a,b   Kemenes, György ^a   Benjamin, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEEDING; LEARNING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL;

EID: 0031847142     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.6.3030     Document Type: Article

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