Modification of leech behavior following foraging for artificial blood

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

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 817-825

  Brodfuehrer, Peter D ^a   Tapyrik, Lauren ^a   Pietras, Nicole ^a   Zekavat, Ghazal ^a   Convery, Maureen ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral modification; Chemoreception; Foraging; Leech; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SUBSTITUTE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GANGLION; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; LEECH; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN; SWIMMING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SKIN; SWIMMING;

EID: 33746394172     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0119-4     Document Type: Article

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