Development of circuits that generate simple rhythmic behaviors in vertebrates

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-20

  Goulding, Martyn ^a   Pfaff, Samuel L ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BREATHING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 13844270921     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.01.017     Document Type: Review

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