Enabling techniques for in vitro studies on mammalian spinal locomotor mechanisms

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2158-2180

  Hochman, Shawn ^a,b   Gozal, Elizabeth A ^a   Hayes, Heather B ^a   Anderson, JoAnna T ^b   DeWeerth, Stephen P ^b   Chang, Young Hui ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; Central pattern generator; CPG; Dorsal column; EMG; In vitro; Locomotion; Review; Rhythmic; Sensory; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84860479863     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4043     Document Type: Article

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