Sources of magnetic sensory input to identified neurons active during crawling in the marine mollusc Tritonia diomedea

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3029-3036

  Popescu, I R ^a   Willows, A O D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic field; Magnetoreceptor; Mollusc; Pedal neurone; Pedal peptide; Treadmill; Tritonia diomedea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032743455     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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