Activity of pectoral fin motoneurons during two swimming gaits in the larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) and localization of upstream circuit elements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3393-3402

  Green, Matthew H ^a   Hale, Melina E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Forelimb; Gait transition; Limb axial coordination; Midbrain locomotor region

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL FIN MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RHYTHM; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; LARVA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84871318903     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00623.2012     Document Type: Article

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