Compartmentalization of information processing in an aplysia feeding circuit interneuron through membrane properties and synaptic interactions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3977-3989

  Perrins, Ray ^a,b   Weiss, Klaudiusz R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Central pattern generator; Feeding; Mollusk; Motor program; Plateau potential

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; FEEDING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0032525312     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03977.1998     Document Type: Article

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