Conditional rhythmicity and synchrony in a bilateral pair of bursting motor neurons in Aplysia

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2056-2071

  Serrano, Geidy E ^a   Miller, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; SULPIRIDE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GANGLION; MOTONEURON; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; PERIODICITY; SULPIRIDE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33749532870     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00282.2006     Document Type: Article

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