Differential dye coupling reveals lateral giant escape circuit in crayfish

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 466, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Antonsen, Brian L ^a   Edwards, Donald H ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; Crustacean; Gap junctions; Neurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; DENDRITE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GAP JUNCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; INTERNEURON; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOMATIC CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TECHNIQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOTIN; CELL SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; STAINING AND LABELING; XANTHENES;

EID: 0141481909     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10802     Document Type: Article

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