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Neuronal Control of Osmoregulatory Responses in Gastropods

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Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology

Part of the book series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology ((COMPARATIVE,volume 5))

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Combining the experimental approaches of environmental physiology and cellular neurobiology can be particularly useful when studying the control of the physiological changes and behavioral modifications that occur in response to environmental stress.

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