Identification of magnetically responsive neurons in the marine mollusc Tritonia diomedea

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 381-388

  Wang, John H ^a   Cain, Shaun D ^a   Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cilia; Magnetic; Magnetoreception; Mollusc; Navigation; Neuroethology; Neuropeptide; Orientation; TPep; Tritonia diomedea

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETISM; MOLLUSC; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNETICS; MOLLUSCA; NEURONS; ROTATION;

ANIMALIA; DIOMEDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; TRITONIA DIOMEDIA;

EID: 0037261626     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00076     Document Type: Article

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