Serotonin and motor activity

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 820-825

  Jacobs, Barry L ^a   Fornal, Casimir A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AROUSAL; BREATHING; LOCOMOTION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031451398     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80141-9     Document Type: Article

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