The motor output and behavior produced by rhythmogenic sacrocaudal networks in spinal cords of neonatal rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2100-2110

  Delvolve I ^a   Gabbay, H ^a   Lev Tov, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHYTHM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STEREOTYPY; TAIL;

EID: 0035003187     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.85.5.2100     Document Type: Article

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