Necessary, sufficient and permissive: A single locomotor command neuron important for intersegmental coordination

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 49, 2012, Pages 17646-17657

  Puhl, Joshua G ^a   Masino, Mark A ^a   Mesce, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIRUDO; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOPAMINE; LEECHES; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 84870564153     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2249-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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