Organization of mammalian locomotor rhythm and pattern generation

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-146

  McCrea, David A ^a   Rybak, Ilya A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; CPG; Decerebrate cat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CAT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; DECEREBRATION; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INSTINCT; LOCOMOTION; MAMMALS; NERVE NET;

EID: 36749003752     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.08.006     Document Type: Review

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