Spontaneous electrical activity and behavior in the leech Hirudo medicinalis

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue NOV, 2007, Pages

  Garcia Perez, Elizabeth ^a   Mazzoni, Alberto ^b   Torre, Vincent ^c  

^a CIMA   (Spain)

^b Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI)   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Invertebrates; Motor control; Spontaneous activity; Spontaneous behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898685650     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.07.008.2007     Document Type: Article

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