Utility and versatility of extracellar recordings from the cockroach for neurophysiological instruction and demonstration

Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Ramos, Raddy L ^a   Moiseff, Andrew ^b   Brumberg, Joshua C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Antennae; Cockroach; Neurophysiology; Spikes; Ventral nerve cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547538242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15442896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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