Commissural interneurons in rhythm generation and intersegmental coupling in the Lamprey spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2037-2045

  Buchanan, James T ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; INTERNEURON; LAMPREY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0032981765     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.5.2037     Document Type: Article

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