Keeping it together: Mechanisms of intersegmental coordination for a flexible locomotor behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2373-2383

  Puhl, Joshua G ^a   Mesce, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DYNAMICS; GANGLION; LEECH; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CORD; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE; SWIMMING; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; LEECHES; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 76649142355     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5765-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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