Motor Neuron Intrinsic Properties
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1 TITLE: 1 Contribution of motor neuron intrinsic properties to fictive motor pattern generation 2 3 Terrence M. Wright, Jr. and Ronald L. Calabrese 4 5 Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 6 7 8 9 10 RUNNING HEAD: 11 Motor Neuron Intrinsic Properties 12 13 Correspondence: 14 Terrence M. Wright 15 Department of Biology 16 Emory University 17 1510 Clifton Rd, NE 18 Atlanta, GA, 30322 19 [email protected] 20 Phone: (404) 727-4202 21 Fax: (404) 727-2880 22 23 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (May 11, 2011). doi:10.1152/jn.00101.2011
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