Synaptic drive contributing to rhythmic activation of motoneurons in the deafferented stick insect walking system

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1856-1862

  Büschges, Ansgar ^a   Ludwar, Björn Ch ^a   Bucher, Dirk ^a,b   Schmidt, Joachim ^a   DiCaprio, Ralph A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generation; Locomotion; Movement control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TIBIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENERVATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INSECTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SYNAPSES; THORACIC NERVES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 18544394623     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03312.x     Document Type: Article

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