Patterns of presynaptic activity and synaptic strength interact to produce motor output

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 48, 2011, Pages 17555-17571

  Wright Jr , Terrence Michael ^a   Calabrese, Ronald L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LEECH; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INTERNEURONS; LEECHES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 82555200892     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4723-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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