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1. Leech swimming: The neural story.

Author

Amato, I.

Subjects
*ANIMAL swimming, *LEECHES, *HIRUDO medicinalis
Abstract

Reports on the discovery of a cellular link in a neural chain that helps in explaining the animal's rhythmic swimming movements in terms of neural mechanisms, by scientists at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Use of leeches during experimentation. Nervous system of leech species Hirudo medicinalis; Results of stimulating two brain neurons called Tr1 cells in leeches.

Published
1986
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