Coupling of efferent neuromodulatory neurons to rhythmical leg motor activity in the locust

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 361-370

  Baudoux, Sylvie ^a   Duch, Carsten ^b   Morris, Oliver T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; GANGLION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LEG; LOCUST; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031915386     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.361     Document Type: Article

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