To swim or not to swim: Regional effects of serotonin, octopamine and amine mixtures in the medicinal leech

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 461-470

  Crisp, K M ^a   Mesce, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic amines; Central pattern generator; Hirudo medicinalis; Locomotion; Neuromodulation

Indexed keywords

AMINE; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LEECH; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SWIMMING;

AMINES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; LEECHES; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; SOLUTIONS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0038383429     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0424-0     Document Type: Article

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