Synchronous firing patterns of a set of insect neurosecretory cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 85-88

  Ichikawa, Toshio ^a   Imafuku, Yasuhiro ^a   Tawada, Katsuhisa ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action potential; Electrical coupling; Multi neuronal system; Neurosecretory cells; Silkmoth; Synchronous firing

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033515708     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00164-0     Document Type: Article

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