Feeding Neural Networks in the Mollusc Aplysia

NeuroSignals

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 70-86

  Cropper, Elizabeth C ^a   Evans, Colin G ^a   Hurwitz, Itay ^a   Jing, Jian ^a   Proekt, Alex ^a   Romero, Adarli ^a   Rosen, Steven C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Command like neurons; Feeding; Invertebrate

Indexed keywords

APLYSIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INGESTION; INTERNEURON; MOLLUSC; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOUTH CAVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS;

EID: 1542346956     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076159     Document Type: Review

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