V3 Spinal Neurons Establish a Robust and Balanced Locomotor Rhythm during Walking

Neuron

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-96

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Narayan, Sujatha ^a   Geiman, Eric ^a   Lanuza, Guillermo M ^a   Velasquez, Tomoko ^a   Shanks, Bayle ^a   Akay, Turgay ^b   Dyck, Jason ^b   Pearson, Keir ^b   Gosgnach, Simon ^a,b   Fan, Chen Ming ^c   Goulding, Martyn ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

MOLNEURO

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; LIGAND; RECEPTOR; TETANUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMBRYO; LIGHT CHAIN; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; WALKING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NERVE NET; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; WALKING;

EID: 53049108784     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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