Morphological and electrophysiological features of F76 and D1 neurones of the sub-oesophageal ganglia of Helix aspersa in vitro and in culture

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 563-572

  Janahmadi, Mahyar ^a   Malmierca, Manuel S ^b,c   Hearne, Phillip G ^a   Green, Gary G R ^a   Sanders, David J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axons; Biocytin; Cell culture; Invertebrate electrophysiology; Lucifer yellow; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; RINGER SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HELIX ASPERSA; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HELIX (SNAILS); IONTOPHORESIS; ISOQUINOLINES; LYSINE; NEURONS;

GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032938796     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050253     Document Type: Article

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