Segmental control of midbody peristalsis during the consummatory phase of feeding in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 635-646

  Wilson, R J A ^b   Kleinhaus, A L ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDING; LEECH; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS;

EID: 0033940554     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.114.3.635     Document Type: Article

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