Revisiting the concept of identifiable neurons

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 236-240

  Bullock, Theodore Holmes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addressable neurons; Circuits; Command cells; Equivalent cells; Eutely; Evolution of nervous systems; Giant neurons; Identifiable; Redundancy; Revolutions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRUSTACEA; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; EUPHORIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033818165     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006657     Document Type: Article

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