Crustacean phasic and tonic motor neurons

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-13

  Millar, Andrew G ^a   Atwood, Harold L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242679903     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/44.1.4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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