Neural changes after operant conditioning of the aerial respiratory behavior in Lymnaea stagnalis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1836-1843

  Spencer, Gaynor E ^a   Syed, Naweed I ^a   Lukowiak, Ken ^a,b  

^a Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Aerial respiration; Central pattern generator; Intemeuron; Invertebrate; Learning; Motoneuron; Neuronal mechanisms; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTERNEURON; LYMNAEA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033103346     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-05-01836.1999     Document Type: Article

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