Sensory feedback synchronizes motor and sensory neuronal networks in the neonatal rat spinal cord

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Inácio, Ana R ^a,b   Nasretdinov, Azat ^c   Lebedeva, Julia ^a,b,c   Khazipov, Roustem ^a,b,c  

^a Turing Center for Living Systems CENTURI Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; MOVEMENT; NEONATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RODENT; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COORDINATION; DEAFFERENTATION; DISSOCIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SPINAL CORD; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; WISTAR RAT;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84990204152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13060     Document Type: Article

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