Neural bases of goal-directed locomotion in vertebrates-An overview

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-12

  Grillner, Sten ^a   Wallén, Peter ^a   Saitoh, Kazuya ^a   Kozlov, Alexander ^a   Robertson, Brita ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Brain stem spinal cord; Central pattern generator; Lamprey; Modeling; Tectum

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROL SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAMPREY; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; LAMPREYS; LOCOMOTION; MAMMALS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; PROSENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 36749005551     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.06.027     Document Type: Review

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