Chemical and electrical stimulation induce rhythmic motor activity in an in vitro preparation of the spinal cord from adult turtles

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-8

  Guertin, Pierre A ^a   Hounsgaard, Jorn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Locomotion; N Methyl D aspartate; Oscillations; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; MOVEMENT; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TURTLES;

EID: 0032571169     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00164-5     Document Type: Article

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