Ventrolateral origin of each cylce of rhythmic activity generated by the spinal cord of the chick embryo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Arai, Yoshiyasu ^a   Mentis, George Z ^a   Wu, Jiang Young ^a,b   O'Donovan, Micahael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMBRYO; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 42949127926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000417     Document Type: Article

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