Deletions of rhythmic motoneuron activity during fictive locomotion and scratch provide clues to the organization of the mammalian central pattern generator

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1120-1132

  Lafreniere Roula, Myriam ^a   McCrea, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HINDLIMB; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHYTHM; SCRATCHING;

ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HINDLIMB; LAMINECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIODICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23044501329     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00216.2005     Document Type: Article

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