The role of a trigeminal sensory nucleus in the initiation of locomotion

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2453-2469

  Buhl, Edgar ^a   Roberts, Alan ^a   Soffe, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL SUMMATION; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL SENSORY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN RECEPTOR; SKIN STIMULATION; SWIMMING; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HEAD; INTERNEURONS; LARVA; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; SWIMMING; TOUCH; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84861008351     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.227934     Document Type: Article

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