The identification of gravikinesis from ciliates: Methods and experience

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 867-876

  Machemer, H ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CILIATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAVITY; LOCOMOTION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PARAMECIUM; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; HYPERGRAVITY; ION CHANNELS; LOCOMOTION; MECHANORECEPTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PARAMECIUM; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0033288386     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00968-0     Document Type: Article

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