Optogenetic dissection reveals multiple rhythmogenic modules underlying locomotion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 11589-11594

  Hägglund, Martin ^a   Dougherty, Kimberly J ^a   Borgius, Lotta ^a   Itohara, Shigeyoshi ^b   Iwasato, Takuji ^c   Kiehn, Ole ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Channelrhodopsin 2; Halorhodopsin; Interneurons; Motor neurons

Indexed keywords

CHANNELRHODOPSIN2; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

CHANNELRHODOPSIN-2; HALORHODOPSIN; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS;

ANIMALS; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879907985     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1304365110     Document Type: Article

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