Right-left interactions between rostral scratch networks generate rhythmicity in the preenlargement spinal cord of the turtle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3479-3483

  Currie, Scott N ^a   Gonsalves, Gregory G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SCRATCHING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 0031431228     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.6.3479     Document Type: Article

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