A mechanism for neuronal coincidence revealed in the crayfish antennule

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 14626-14631

  Mellon Jr , DeForest ^a   Christison Lagay, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacean; Giant axons; Hydrodynamic sensilla; Sensory receptor; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; AXONS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SENSE ORGANS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 55749115112     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804385105     Document Type: Article

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