Bimodal locomotion elicited by electrical stimulation of the midbrain in the salamander Notophthalmus viridescens

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2434-2439

  Cabelguen, Jean Marie ^a   Bourcier Lucas, Céline ^b   Dubuc, Réjean ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Locomotion; Mesencephalic locomotor region; Salamander; Stepping; Swimming

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COORDINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALON; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SWIMMING; VERTEBRATE; WALKING;

EID: 0037444456     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-06-02434.2003     Document Type: Article

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