Coordinated motor activity in simulated spinal networks emerges from simple biologically plausible rules of connectivity

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-70

  Dale, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Rostro caudal coordination; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS;

BURST DURATION; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CIRCUITS; NEURON NETWORKS; ROSTRO-CAUDAL COORDINATION; SIMPLE++; SPINAL NETWORKS; SPINAL-CORD; XENOPUS EMBRYO;

PROBABILITY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SWIMMING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0037239673     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021176301776     Document Type: Article

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