Lumbar spinoreticular neurons in the rat: Part of the central pattern generator for locomotion?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 860, Issue , 1998, Pages 436-440

  Magnuson, David S K ^a   Green, Deborah M ^a   Sengoku, Tomoko ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONFERENCE PAPER; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; RAT; RETICULUM CELL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032414958     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09069.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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