Cervicolumbar coordination in mammalian quadrupedal locomotion: Role of spinal thoracic circuitry and limb sensory inputs

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 953-965

  Juvin, Laurent ^a,b   le Gal, Jean Patrick ^a,b   Simmers, John ^a,b   Morin, Didier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UMR 5287   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DOPAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXTREMITIES; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84856021916     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4640-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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