Characterization of tactile-sensitive interneurons in the abdominal ganglia of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-241

  Ritzmann, Roy E ^a   Pollack, Alan J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Escape response; Interganglionic interneurons; Periplaneta americana

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; INTERNEURON; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ABDOMEN; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ESCAPE REACTION; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPLANETA; TOUCH;

EID: 0032520121     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19980215)34:3<227::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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