Identification of a GABA-containing cerebral-buccal interneuron-11 in Aplysia californica

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-8

  Wu, Jin Sheng ^a   Jing, Jian ^b   Díaz Ríos, Manuel ^c   Miller, Mark W ^c   Kupfermann, Irving ^a   Weiss, Klaudiusz R ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Command neurons; Feeding; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Motor programs

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MOUTH CAVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344837294     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00052-1     Document Type: Article

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