Serotonin influences locomotion in the nudibranch mollusc Melibe leonina

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 155-160

  Lewis, Stefanie L ^a   Lyons, Deborah E ^a   Meekins, Tiffanie L ^a   Newcomb, James M ^a  

^a New England College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLATWORM; GASTROPOD; INHIBITION; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; MELIBE LEONINA; MOLLUSCA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 79959874680     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv220n3p155     Document Type: Article

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