Quantitative characterization and classification of leech behavior

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 580-593

  Mazzoni, Alberto ^a   Garcia Perez, Elizabeth ^a   Zoccolan, Davide ^a,b   Graziosi, Sergio ^a   Torre, Vincent ^a,c  

^a Inst Naz Fis Materia Sect T   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CAMERA; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEECH; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STEREOTYPY; SWIMMING; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOCOMOTION; LYCHEE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; STIMULATION;

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LITCHI; LOCOMOTION; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SWIMMING;

EID: 14944376192     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00608.2004     Document Type: Article

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