Developmental segregation of spinal networks driving axial- and hindlimb-based locomotion in metamorphosing Xenopus laevis

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 559, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-24

  Combes, Denis ^a   Merrywest, S D ^b   Simmers, J ^a   Sillar, K T ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HINDLIMB; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; JOINT FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINE; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; TAIL; VENTRAL ROOT; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; LARVAL STAGE; LIMB MOVEMENT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 4444335281     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.069542     Document Type: Article

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