A Functional Asymmetry in the Leech Heartbeat Timing Network Is Revealed by Driving the Network across Various Cycle Periods

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4418-4427

  Masino, Mark A ^a   Calabrese, Ronald L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Entrainment; Hirudo medicinalis; Neural network; Neuronal oscillator; Phase

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; GANGLION; HEART BEAT; INTERNEURON; LEECH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PERIODICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART; HEART RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HEART; HEART RATE; INTERNEURONS; LEECHES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; PERIODICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0036618135     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-11-04418.2002     Document Type: Article

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