Firing properties of identified interneuron populations in the mammalian hindlimb central pattern generator

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 9961-9971

  Butt, Simon J B ^a   Harris Warrick, Ronald M ^a   Kiehn, Ole ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 HT; Commissural interneuron; CPG; Ih current; Locomotion; Rhythmic

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HINDLIMB; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037112068     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-22-09961.2002     Document Type: Article

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