Distributed motor pattern underlying whole-body shortening in the medicinal leech

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2475-2488

  Arisi, Ivan ^a,b   Zoccolan, Davide ^a,b   Torre, Vincent ^a,b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; LEECH; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCKING; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0035655556     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.86.5.2475     Document Type: Article

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