Xenopus laevis: An ideal experimental model for studying the developmental dynamics of neural network assembly and sensory-motor computations

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 649-663

  Straka, Hans ^a   Simmers, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Gaze stabilization; Locomotion; Sensory motor transformation; Spinal cord; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; RINGER SOLUTION; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; ENCEPHALE ISOLE; FROG; GAZE; HAIR CELL; HEAD MOVEMENT; HINDLIMB; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; TOAD; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; NERVE NET; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84857999055     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20965     Document Type: Article

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