Functional organization of locomotor interneurons in the ventral lumbar spinal cord of the newborn rat.

Although the mammalian locomotor CPG has been localized to the lumbar spinal cord, the functional-anatomical organization of flexor and extensor interneurons has not been characterized. Here, we tested the hypothesis that flexor and extensor interneuronal networks for walking are physically segregat...

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Main Authors: Myriam Antri, Nicholas Mellen, Jean-René Cazalets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3117791?pdf=render