A gap junction circuit enhances processing of coincident mechanosensory inputs

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 963-967

  Rabinowitch, Ithai ^a   Chatzigeorgiou, Marios ^a   Schafer, William R ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; INTERNEURONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878535248     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.030     Document Type: Article

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