Coordination of cellular pattern-generating circuits that control limb movements: The sources of stable differences in intersegmental phases

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3457-3468

  Jones, Stephanie R ^a,c   Mulloney, Brian ^b   Kaper, Tasso J ^a   Kopell, Nancy ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generators; Coupled oscillator theory; Crayfish swimmeret; Frequency regulation; Phase lags; Phase response curves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CRAYFISH; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HYPOTHESIS; INTERSEGMENTAL PHASE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATTERN GENERATOR; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMERET SYSTEM;

EID: 0037995745     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-08-03457.2003     Document Type: Article

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