Propriospinal Interneurons in the Thoracic Spinal Cord
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PROPRIOSPINAL INTERNEURONS IN THE THORACIC SPINAL CORD 2 3 4 S.A. Saywell, T.W. Ford, C.F. Meehan, A.J. Todd and P.A. Kirkwood 5 6 7 1 Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, 8 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK. 9 10 2 Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, West Medical Building, University of Glasgow, 11 Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. 12 13 14 15 16 Running head Thoracic interneuron morphology 17 18 19 Correspondence Dr PA Kirkwood 20 Sobell Department 21 UCL Institute of Neurology 22 Queen Square 23 London WC1N 3BG 24 UK. 25 Tel. +44 (0)20 7837 3611 Ext 4189 26 Fax. +44 (0)20 7813 3107 27 E-mail [email protected] 28 29 30 31 † Deceased 18th August 2010 32 33 34 35 36 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (November 24, 2010). doi:10.1152/jn.00738.2010
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