The tail-elicited tail withdrawal reflex of Aplysia is mediated centrally at tail sensory-motor synapses and exhibits sensitization across multiple temporal domains

Learning and Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 272-282

  Philips, Gary T ^a   Sherff, Carolyn M ^a   Menges, Steven A ^a   Carew, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; GANGLION; INTERNEURON; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SYNAPSE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROSHOCK; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REFLEX; SEROTONIN; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TAIL;

EID: 79953204599     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.2125311     Document Type: Article

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