Inhibition of afferent transmission in the feeding circuitry of Aplysia: Persistence can be as important as size

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2940-2949

  Evans, Colin G ^a,b   Romero, Adarli ^a   Cropper, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Phase Five Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; CALCIUM; CARBACHOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 17644368206     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01202.2004     Document Type: Article

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