Regulation of low-threshold afferent activity may contribute to short-term habituation in Aplysia californica

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-259

  Fischer, Thomas M ^a   Jacobson, Daniel A ^a   Counsell, Ashley N ^a   Pelot, Michael A ^a   Demorest, Kristin ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Excitability; Interneuron; Mechanoreceptor; Reflex

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HABITUATION; INTERNEURON; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SENSORY NERVE; SIPHON NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; INTERNEURONS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952629740     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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