Anatomical organization of motoneurons and interneurons in the mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) brachial spinal cord: The neural substrate for central pattern generation

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 628-636

  Jovanovic, Ksenija ^a   Burke, Robert E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator for locomotion; Interneurons; Motoneurons; Sub pial plexus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DORSAL ROOT; EPENDYMA CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; INTERNEURON; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NECTURUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRAL CANAL; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; NECTURUS MACULOSUS; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 11244250868     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y04-055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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