A newly identified buccal interneuron initiates and modulates feeding motor programs in Aplysia

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2190-2204

  Dembrow, N C ^a   Jing, J ^a   Proekt, A ^a   Romero, A ^a   Vilim, F S ^a   Cropper, E C ^a   Weiss, K R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PROLYLARGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLVALINAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERNEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEXAMETHONIUM; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUTH MUCOSA;

EID: 0142027037     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00173.2003     Document Type: Article

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