Feeding and wounding responses in Hydra suggest functional and structural polarization of the tentacle nervous system

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 669-674

  Shimizu, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral symmetry; Central nervous system; Cnidaria; Diffuse nervous system; Evolution; Feeding response; Hydra; Nerve net; Radial symmetry; Synaptic junction; Unidirectional response; Wounding response

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; LARVA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION; STIMULATION; WOUND;

ANIMALIA; ANOSTRACA; CNIDARIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYDRA;

EID: 0036180758     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00516-5     Document Type: Article

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