Photoresponse and learning behavior of ascidian larvae, a primitive chordate, to repeated stimuli of step-up and step-down of light

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 549-559

  Kawakami, I ^a   Shiraishi, S ^a   Tsuda, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Habituation; Larva; Memory; Photic behavior; Sensitization; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; HABITUATION; INVERTEBRATE; LEARNING; LIGHT; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; VISION;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036032886     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020314116923     Document Type: Article

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