Neuromodulation during motor development and behavior

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 683-689

  Pflüger, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

CRUSTACEA; GANGLION; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; LOCUST; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWIMMING; XENOPUS;

EID: 0344339130     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)00026-4     Document Type: Review

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