Distribution of networks generating and coordinating locomotor activity in the neonatal rat spinal cord In vitro: A lesion study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5777-5794

  Kjaerulff, Ole ^a   Kiehn, Ole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

5 HT; central pattern generator; locomotion; neonatal rat; NMDA; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHYTHM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029810066     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-18-05777.1996     Document Type: Article

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