Defining the excitatory neurons that drive the locomotor rhythm in a simple vertebrate: Insights into the origin of reticulospinal control

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4829-4844

  Soffe, Stephen R ^a   Roberts, Alan ^a   Li, Wen Chang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; INTERNEURONS; LARVA; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 70350654060     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.175208     Document Type: Article

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