Development of spontaneous and evoked behaviors in the medicinal leech

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 402, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 168-180

  Reynolds, Shirley A ^a   French, Kathleen A ^a   Baader, Andreas ^a   Kristan Jr , William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Hirudo; Nervous system; Ontogeny, neuroethology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LEECH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; LARVA; LEECHES; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032517738     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981214)402:2<168::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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