Rostral versus caudal differences in mechanical entrainment of the lamprey central pattern generator for locomotion

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2408-2419

  Tytell, Eric D ^a   Cohen, Avis H ^a,b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LAMPREY; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWIMMING; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; DRIVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INSTINCT; LAMPREYS; LOCOMOTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 47549097948     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01085.2007     Document Type: Article

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