Locomotor Rhythm Generation Linked to the Output of Spinal Shox2 Excitatory Interneurons

Neuron

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 920-933

  Dougherty, Kimberly J ^a   Zagoraiou, Laskaro ^b,c   Satoh, Daisuke ^d,e   Rozani, Ismini ^c   Doobar, Staceyann ^b   Arber, Silvia ^d,e   Jessell, Thomas M ^b   Kiehn, Ole ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SHOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DEPENDOVIRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GENE SILENCING; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPTOGENETICS; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84888042461     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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