Directed functional connectivity matures with motor learning in a cortical pattern generator

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 913-923

  Day, Nancy F ^a   Terleski, Kyle L ^a   Nykamp, Duane Q ^a,b   Nick, Teresa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedforward network; Network development; Oscillations; Topographic; Waves

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATTERN GENERATOR; POLARIZATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATORS; FINCHES; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; INTERNEURONS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; SINGING;

EID: 84874104674     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00937.2012     Document Type: Article

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