Aversive and attractive properties of electrical stimulation for Paramecium caudatum

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 342-344

  Armus, Harvard L ^a   Montgomery, Amber R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTROSTIMULATION; PARAMECIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; PARAMECIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0035496548     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.2.342     Document Type: Article

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