Activity of different classes of neurons of the motor cortex during locomotion

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1087-1097

  Beloozerova, Irina N ^a   Sirota, Mikhail G ^a   Swadlow, Harvey A ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticocortical neurons; Corticothalamic neurons; Interneurons; Locomotion; Motor cortex; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RABBIT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0037319205     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-03-01087.2003     Document Type: Article

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