Autaptic Excitation Elicits Persistent Activity and a Plateau Potential in a Neuron of Known Behavioral Function

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 479-484

  Saada, Ravit ^a   Miller, Nimrod ^a   Hurwitz, Itay ^a   Susswein, Abraham J ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GANGLION; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GANGLIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SYNAPSES;

APLYSIA;

EID: 62549093468     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.01.060     Document Type: Article

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