Navanax

SummaryJuvenile sea hares, Aplysia californica, utilize only the red algae Plocamium cartilagineum and Laurencia pacifica as host… Expand

Abstract navanax inermis is a simultaneously hermaphroditic sea slug with unilateral copulation. Individuals alternate sexual… Expand

Protractor muscles in the gastropod mollusc Navanax inermis exhibit typical spontaneous miniature end plate potentials with mean… Expand

Cholecystokinin has been implicated as a satiety factor in mammals because it inhibits feeding through peripheral and central… Expand

Optical methods for monitoring changes in membrane potential have been used to measure action potential activity in the buccal… Expand

A population of about 75 primary sensory cells were identified on the dorsal surface of each buccal ganglion of Navanax. Each… Expand

The opisthobranch mollusc, Navanax, feeds by rapid pharyngeal expansion that sucks in prey followed by peristaltic swallowing… Expand

Several forms of plasticity of feeding behavior were investigated in Navanax. Navanax is a gastropod mollusc which lacks a radula… Expand

1. Included in the ensemble of synaptic input received by identified neurones in the ganglion of the marine mollusc Navanax are… Expand

The opisthobranch mollusc, Navanax, is carnivorous and cannibalistic. Prey are swallowed whole by way of a sudden expansion of… Expand