Sacrocaudal afferents induce rhythmic efferent bursting in isolated spinal cords of neonatal rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 888-894

  Lev Tov, A ^a   Delvolve I ^a   Kremer, E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 0033973971     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.2.888     Document Type: Article

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