Development of the monosynaptic stretch reflex circuit

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-102

  Chen, Hsiao Huei ^a   Hippenmeyer, Simon ^b   Arber, Silvia ^b,c   Frank, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX ARC; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 0037319094     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(03)00006-0     Document Type: Review

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