Gross dissection of the stomach of the lobster, Homarus Americanus

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 27, 2009, Pages

  Bierman, Hilary S ^a   Tobin, Anne Elise ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Dissection; Issue 27; Lobster; Neural network; Neuroscience; Stomach

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355123277     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1320     Document Type: Article

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