Cortical control of a whisking central pattern generator

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 209-217

  Cramer, Nathan P ^a   Keller, Asaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METERGOLINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; KINEMATICS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33745750814     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00071.2006     Document Type: Article

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