Can simple rules control development of a pioneer vertebrate neuronal network generating behavior?

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 608-621

  Roberts, Alan ^a   Conte, Deborah ^a   Hull, Mike ^a,c   Merrison Hort, Robert ^b   al Azad, Abul Kalam ^b,d   Buhl, Edgar ^a   Borisyuk, Roman ^b   Soffe, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIBERAL ARTS BANGLADESH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Growth cone; Locomotion; Rhythms; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SWIMMING; SYNAPSE; VERTEBRATE; VIDEORECORDING; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; XENOPUS;

EID: 84891776608     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3248-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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