Single-Unit Activity Patterns in Nuclei That Control the Electromotor Command Nucleus during Spontaneous Electric Signal Production in the Mormyrid Brienomyrus brachyistius

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 31, 2003, Pages 10128-10136

  Carlson, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Command; Corollary discharge; Disinhibition; Motor; Recurrent inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242442560     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-31-10128.2003     Document Type: Article

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