Physiology and morphology indicate that individual spinal interneurons contribute to diverse limb movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 4455-4470

  Berkowitz, Ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; NEUROBIOTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; LIMB MOVEMENT; MASTICATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STAINING; SWALLOWING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURTLE; VOCALIZATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOVEMENT; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; TURTLES;

EID: 28044450825     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00229.2005     Document Type: Article

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