Identification and characterization of catecholaminergic neuron B65, which initiates and modifies patterned activity in the buccal ganglia of Aplysia

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 605-621

  Kabotyanski, E A ^a   Baxter, D A ^a   Byrne, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPOLARIZATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERNEURON; INVERTEBRATE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031951018     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.2.605     Document Type: Article

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