Self-organizing effects of spontaneous neural activity on the development of spinal locomotor circuits in vertebrates

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-195

  Van Heijst, J J ^a   Vos, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYBERNETICS; CYTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CYBERNETICS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0031216780     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050379     Document Type: Article

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