Regulation of spike initiation and propagation in an Aplysia sensory neuron: Gating-in via central depolarization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2920-2931

  Evans, Colin G ^a,b   Jing, Jian ^a   Rosen, Steven C ^c   Cropper, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Phase Five Communications   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Feeding; Mollusc; Motor program; Sensorimotor integration; Sensory gating

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIKE;

EID: 0037388566     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-02920.2003     Document Type: Article

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