Continuous shifts in the active set of spinal interneurons during changes in locomotor speed

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1419-1429

  McLean, David L ^a   Masino, Mark A ^a,c   Koh, Ingrid Y Y ^b   Lindquist, W Brent ^b   Fetcho, Joseph R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; SWIMMING; VELOCITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; INTERNEURONS; LARVA; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; QUINOXALINES; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; VALINE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 56749150860     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2225     Document Type: Article

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