Physiology and morphology of shared and specialized spinal interneurons for locomotion and scratching

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2887-2901

  Berkowitz, Ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HINDLIMB; INTERNEURON; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SWIMMING; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HINDLIMB; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOVEMENT; PERIODICITY; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURTLES;

EID: 57049126609     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90235.2008     Document Type: Article

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