Stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region elicits controlled swimming in semi-intact lampreys

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4081-4092

  Sirota, Mikhail G ^b   Di Prisco, Gonzalo Viana ^b   Dubuc, Réjean ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Département de Kinanthropologie   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Locomotion; Mesencephalon; Microstimulation; MLR; Reticulospinal

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LAMPREY; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SWIMMING;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LAMPREYS; LARVA; MESENCEPHALON; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0033769274     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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