Responses to magnetic stimuli recorded in peripheral nerves in the marine nudibranch mollusk Tritonia diomedea

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

Volumn 197, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 979-986

  Pavlova, Galina A ^a,b   Glantz, Raymon M ^a   Dennis Willows, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic; Nerves; Peripheral; Receptors; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; MAGNETISM; NERVE FIBER; ORIENTATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TIME; TRITONIA SEA SLUG;

ANIMALS; AXONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TRITONIA SEA SLUG;

EID: 80052939144     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0659-0     Document Type: Article

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