Cellular bases of a vertebrate locomotor system - Steering, intersegmental and segmental co-ordination and sensory control

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 92-106

  Grillner, Sten ^a   Wallén, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ion channels; Lamprey; Locomotion; Neuronal network; Sensory control; Steering

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; COORDINATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LAMPREY; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0036824323     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(02)00193-5     Document Type: Review

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