Network processes involved in the mediation of short-term habituation in Aplysia: Contribution of intrinsic regulation of excitability and synaptic augmentation

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Fischer, Thomas M ^a   Jacobson, Daniel A ^a   Demorest Hayes, Kristin ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitability; Inhibition; Interneuron; Mechanoreceptor; Network; Reflex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894042073     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2014.00015     Document Type: Article

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