Spatiotemporal dynamics of rhythmic spinal interneurons measured with two-photon calcium imaging and coherence analysis

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3323-3333

  Kwan, Alex C ^a   Dietz, Shelby B ^b   Zhong, Guisheng ^b   Harris Warrick, Ronald M ^b   Webb, Watt W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; HINDLIMB; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DOPAMINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GENES, REPORTER; HINDLIMB; INTERNEURONS; LAC OPERON; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; N-METHYLASPARTATE; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; XANTHENES;

EID: 78650915986     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00679.2010     Document Type: Article

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