Currents contributing to decision making in neurons B31/B32 of Aplysia

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 814-830

  Hurwitz, Itay ^a   Ophir, Amit ^a   Korngreen, Alon ^a   Koester, John ^b   Susswein, Abraham J ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APLYSIA; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPOLARIZATION; FEEDING; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; OXOTREMORINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39149100649     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00972.2007     Document Type: Article

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