Some principles of organization of spinal neurons underlying locomotion in zebrafish and their implications

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1198, Issue , 2010, Pages 94-104

  Fetcho, Joseph R ^a   McLean, David L ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

locomotion; motoneurons; motor pattern; spinal interneurons; transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FROG; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKENS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RANIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77954604883     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05539.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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