How the mesencephalic locomotor region recruits hindbrain neurons

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 143, Issue , 2004, Pages 219-230

  Kagan, Igor ^b   Shik, Mark L ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL INTERACTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EXCITATION; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALON; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SALAMANDER; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0345303919     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(03)43022-7     Document Type: Review

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