Brainstem control of activity and responsiveness in resting frog tadpoles: Tonic inhibition

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-342

  Lambert, T D ^a,b   Li, W C ^a   Soffe, S R ^a   Roberts, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cement gland; Immobility; Tadpole; Tonic inhibition; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN STEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INNERVATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; STIMULATION; SWIMMING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN STEM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LIGHT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 2942537872     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0505-8     Document Type: Article

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