Population behavior and self-organization in the genesis of spontaneous rhythmic activity by developing spinal networks

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-28

  O'Donovan, Michael J ^a   Chub, Nikolai ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Rhythm generation; Self organization; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002549989     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0117     Document Type: Article

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