A perimotor framework reveals functional segmentation in the motoneuronal network controlling locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 41, 2011, Pages 14611-14623

  Haspel, Gal ^a   O'Donovan, Michael J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRUCTURE; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PERIMOTOR FRAMEWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NERVE NET; SYNAPSES;

EID: 80054038969     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2186-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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