Different physiological properties in a pool of mandibular closer motor neurons in a caterpillar, Bombyx mori

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 374, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 166-170

  Sasaki, Ken ^a,b   Asaoka, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insect; Intracellular recording; Mandible; Motor neuron; Motor unit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; SPIKE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES;

EID: 12344311162     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.10.049     Document Type: Article

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