Spinal interneurons that are selectively activated during fictive flexion reflex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4634-4641

  Berkowitz, Ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Dorsal horn; Flexion; Interneurons; Locomotor activity; Scratch; Spinal cord; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR REFLEX; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SWIMMING; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; TURTLES;

EID: 34247529583     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5602-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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