The locomotor central pattern generator of the rat spinal cord in vitro is optimally activated by noisy dorsal root waveforms

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 872-884

  Taccola, Giuliano ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrical Stimulation; Fictive Locomotion; Stochastic Resonance

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NEWBORN; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; RATS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 80051541261     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00170.2011     Document Type: Article

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