A genetically defined asymmetry underlies the inhibitory control of flexor–extensor locomotor movements

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue OCTOBER2015, 2015, Pages

  Britz, Olivier ^a   Zhang, Jingming ^a   Grossmann, Katja S ^a   Dyck, Jason ^b   Kim, Jun C ^c   Dymecki, Susan ^c   Gosgnach, Simon ^b   Goulding, Martyn ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNEURON; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; V1 INTERNEURON; V2B INTERNEURON; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84946606544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.04718     Document Type: Article

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