Analysis of impulse adaptation in motoneurons

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-136

  Tian, Jianghong ^a,b   Iwasaki, Tetsuya ^b,c   Friesen, Wolfgang Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit; Hirudo; Leech; Modeling; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GANGLION; LEECH; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NEURITE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; LEECHES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURITES; SWIMMING;

EID: 76149135672     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0499-3     Document Type: Article

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