Basis of changes in left-right coordination of rhythmic motor activity during development in the rat spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 10388-10398

  Nakayama, Kiyomi ^a,b   Nishimaru, Hiroshi ^a   Kudo, Norio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Commissural neuron; Development; GABAA receptor; Imaging; Locomotion; Rat fetus; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036896838     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-23-10388.2002     Document Type: Article

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