Descending control of turning locomotor activity in larval lamprey: Neurophysiology and computer modeling

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 214-228

  Mcclellan, Andrew D ^a   Hagevik, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSTOME; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030856647     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.214     Document Type: Article

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