Mechanisms of coordination in distributed neural circuits: Decoding and integration of coordinating information

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 793-803

  Smarandache Wellmann, Carmen ^a   Weller, Cynthia ^b   Mulloney, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Crustacea; Efference copy; Electrical synapse; Motor control; Projection neuron

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

COORDINATION; CRUSTACEA; EFFERENCE COPY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; MOTOR CONTROL; PROJECTION NEURON;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84892403957     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2642-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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