Classical conditioning of feeding in Aplysia: I. Behavioral analysis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3369-3376

  Lechner, Hilde A ^a   Baxter, Douglas A ^a   Byrne, John H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Classical conditioning; Feeding behavior; Learning and memory; Long term memory; Sensory pathway

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 0034194290     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-09-03369.2000     Document Type: Article

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