The largest growth cones in the animal kingdom: An illustrated guide to the dynamics of Aplysia neuronal growth in cell culture

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 847-870

  Lovell, Peter ^a   Moroz, Leonid L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; HELISOMA; LYMNAEA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750956714     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icl042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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