Patterns of motor activity in the isolated nerve cord of the octopus arm

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 212-222

  Gutfreund, Yoram ^a,c   Matzner, Henry ^a   Flash, Tamar ^b   Hochner, Binyamin ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; MECHANORECEPTION; MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GANGLION; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; LIMB; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; OCTOPUS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXTREMITIES; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FIBERS; NEURONS; OCTOPODIFORMES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

OCTOPUS;

EID: 33846001712     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4134544     Document Type: Article

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