Irregular firing and high-conductance states in spinal motoneurons during scratching and swimming

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 5799-5807

  Guzulaitis, Robertas ^a   Hounsgaard, Jorn ^a   Alaburda, Aidas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Central pattern generators; High conductance states; Irregular firing; Locomotion; Motoneuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL SHELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARAPACE; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRING RATE; FREQUENCY; HYPOTHERMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; TURTLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TURTLES;

EID: 84969791886     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0320-16.2016     Document Type: Article

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