Episodic Swimming in the Larval Zebrafish is Generated by a Spatially
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Episodic Swimming in the Larval Zebrafish is Generated by a Spatially Distributed 1 Spinal Network with Modular Functional Organization 2 3 Timothy D. Wiggin, Tatiana M. Anderson, John Eian, Jack H. Peck, & 4 Mark A. Masino 5 6 Department of Neuroscience 7 University of Minnesota 8 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 9 10 Running head: Rostral Bias and Functional Dissociation in the Spinal CPG 11 12 Corresponding Author: Mark A. Masino, Department of Neuroscience, University of 13 Minnesota, 321 Church Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455 14 phone: 612-626-3741 15 email: [email protected] 16 17 AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS 18 T.D.W., T.M.A., J.H.P. and M.A.M. conceived and designed research; T.D.W., T.M.A., 19 J.H.P. and M.A.M. performed experiments; T.D.W., T.M.A., J.E. and J.H.P. analyzed 20 data; T.D.W. prepared figures; T.D.W., T.M.A., J.E. and J.H.P. drafted manuscript; 21 T.D.W., T.M.A., J.E., J.H.P. and M.A.M. edited and revised manuscript; T.D.W., T.M.A., 22 J.E., J.H.P. and M.A.M. approved the final version of the manuscript. 23 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (May 9, 2012). doi:10.1152/jn.00233.2012
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