Decision-making in the leech nervous system

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 716-724

  Esch, Teresa ^a   Kristan Jr , William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036707130     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.4.716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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