Geotaxis and beyond: Commentary on Motz and Alberts (2005)

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Kreider, Joy C ^a,c   Blumberg, Mark S ^b   Motz, Benjamin A ^d   Alberts, Jeffrey R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERATOGENIC AGENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY; HYPOTHERMIA; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; ORIENTING RESPONSE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SLEEP; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 23444433455     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2005.06.002     Document Type: Note

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