Rhythmogenesis in axial locomotor networks: An interspecies comparison

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 187, Issue C, 2010, Pages 189-211

  Ryczko, Dimitri ^a   Dubuc, Réjean ^b   Cabelguen, Jean Marie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Axial network; Lamprey; Rhythmogenesis; Salamander; Spinal neurons; Xenopus tadpole; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BOOK; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; INTERNEURON; LAMPREY; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SALAMANDER; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STRETCH RECEPTOR; TADPOLE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 78649476487     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53613-6.00013-7     Document Type: Chapter

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