Historical view and physiology demonstration at the NMJ of the Crayfish opener muscle

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 33, 2010, Pages

  Cooper, Ann S ^a   Cooper, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.3791/1595     Document Type: Article

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