Motor coordination without action potentials in the mammalian spinal cord

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 593-599

  Tresch, Matthew C ^a   Kiehn, Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE NET; PERIODICITY; RATS; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0034035148     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/75768     Document Type: Article

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