A gonadotropin-releasing hormone-like molecule modulates the activity of diverse central neurons in a gastropod mollusk, aplysia californica

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Sun, Biao ^a   Tsai, Pei San ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia californica; Central nervous system; Electrophysiology; Gastropod mollusk; GnRh; Reproduction; Sea hare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859924051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00036     Document Type: Article

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