Species-specific behavioral patterns correlate with differences in synaptic connections between homologous mechanosensory neurons

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

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-197

  Baltzley, Michael J ^a,b   Gaudry, Quentin ^c   Kristan Jr , William B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Erpobdella; Evolution; Hirudo; Mechanosensory

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; LEECH; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LEECHES; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 77952312745     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0503-y     Document Type: Article

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