During fictive locomotion, graded synaptic currents drive bursts of impulses in swimmeret motor neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 5953-5962

  Mulloney, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bursting; Coordination; Graded transmission; Locomotion; Nonspiking local interneuron; Synaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; INSECT; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037707484     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-13-05953.2003     Document Type: Article

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