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Transmitter phenotypes of commissural interneurons in the lamprey spinal cord.
Neuroscience - 15 Dec 2009
Mahmood R, Restrepo C E, El Manira A
Abstract excerpt
The fundamental network for locomotion in all vertebrates contains a central pattern generator or CPG that produces the required motor output in the spinal cord. In the lamprey spinal cord different classes of interneuron's forming the core CPG circuitry have been characterized based on their morphological and electrophysiological features. The commissural interneuron's (C-INs) represent one essential component...
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