Optogenetic dissection of a behavioural module in the vertebrate spinal cord

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7262, 2009, Pages 407-410

  Wyart, Claire ^a   Bene, Filippo Del ^b   Warp, Erica ^a   Scott, Ethan K ^b,e   Trauner, Dirk ^c   Baier, Herwig ^b   Isacoff, Ehud Y ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; FISH BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; KOLMER AGDUHR CELL; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; CILIA; FEMALE; LARVA; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TAIL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349295632     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08323     Document Type: Article

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