State dependence of spike timing and neuronal function in a motor pattern generating network

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 10818-10831

  Wu, Jin Sheng ^a   Due, Michael R ^a   Sasaki, Kosei ^a   Proekt, Alex ^a   Jing, Jian ^a   Weiss, Klaudiusz R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Central pattern generator; Feeding; Motor programs; Network state; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INTERNEURONS; NERVE NET; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 35148889366     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1806-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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