The transformation of a unilateral locomotor command into a symmetrical bilateral activation in the brainstem

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 523-533

  Brocard, Frédéric ^b,c   Ryczko, Dimitri ^b   Fénelon, Karine ^b   Hatem, Raja ^b   Gonzales, Delphine ^b   Auclair, François ^b   Dubuc, Réjean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; RINGER SOLUTION;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LAMPREY; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; NEURONS; PETROMYZON;

EID: 74949120669     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3433-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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