Long and short multifunicular projections of sacral neurons are activated by sensory input to produce locomotor activity in the absence of supraspinal control

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 31, 2010, Pages 10324-10336

  Etlin, Alex ^a   Blivis, Dvir ^a,b   Ben Zwi, Moriel ^a   Lev Tov, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SACRUM; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; WHITE MATTER;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77955408769     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1208-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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