A proprioceptive role for an exteroceptive mechanoafferent neuron in Aplysia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1990-2002

  Borovikov, Dmitry ^a   Evans, Colin G ^a,d   Jing, Jian ^a   Rosen, Steven C ^b   Cropper, Elizabeth C ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Phase Five Communications Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Motor program; Multimodal sensory neuron; Multisensory; Sensorimotor integration; Sensory gating

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INGESTION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

EID: 0034161607     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-05-01990.2000     Document Type: Article

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