Functional neuroanatomy of the rhinophore of Aplysia punctata

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wertz, Adrian ^a,b,c   Rössler, Wolfgang ^b   Obermayer, Malu ^b   Bickmeyer, Ulf ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APLYSIA; APLYSIA PUNCTATA; GASTROPODA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 33746987623     PISSN: 17429994     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-3-6     Document Type: Article

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