Segmental distribution of common synaptic inputs to spinal motoneurons during fictive swimming in the lamprey

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1156-1163

  Buchanan, James T ^a   Kasicki, Stefan ^a,b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LAMPREY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032842856     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.3.1156     Document Type: Article

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