Assembly and Function of Spinal Circuits for Motor Control

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 669-698

  Catela, Catarina ^a   Shin, Maggie M ^a   Dasen, Jeremy S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Interneuron; Locomotion; Motor neuron; Sensory neuron; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; GAIT; HOX GENE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84947226087     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100814-125155     Document Type: Article

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