Reconstruction of flexor/extensor alternation during fictive rostral scratching by two-site stimulation in the spinal turtle with a transverse spinal hemisection

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 467-479

  Stein, Paul S G ^a   McCullough, Margaret L ^a   Currie, Scott N ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Fictive motor patterns; Half center; Reciprocal inhibition; Scratch reflex; Spinal cord; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SCRATCHING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TURTLE;

EID: 0031975269     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-01-00467.1998     Document Type: Article

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