Ventrolateral origin of each cycle of rhythmic activity generated by the spinal cord of the chick embryo.

The mechanisms responsible for generating rhythmic motor activity in the developing spinal cord of the chick embryo are poorly understood. Here we investigate whether the activity of motoneurons occurs before other neuronal populations at the beginning of each cycle of rhythmic discharge.The spatiot...

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Main Authors: Yoshiyasu Arai, George Z Mentis, Jiang-Young Wu, Michael J O'Donovan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1855078?pdf=render