Neural Control of Swimming in a Vertebrate
- 28 August 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 213 (4511), 1032-1034
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7196599
Abstract
An exicitatory drive to the spinal cord neurons supplying rhythmic locomotor output in swimming was demonstrated in paralyzed late X. laevis embryos. The motor system for a single muscle can independently generate rhythmic motor discharge with the normal swimming cycle period.Keywords
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