Motor neurons and the sense of place

Neuron

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-424

  Jessell, Thomas M ^a   Sürmeli, Gülşen ^a,c   Kelly, John S ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 83455230858     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.10.021     Document Type: Review

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