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Science 19 January 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5810, pp. 339 - 340
DOI: 10.1126/science.1138110
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NEUROSCIENCE:
A Push-Me Pull-You Neural Design

William B. Kristan

How do spinal neurons control patterned motor output? A balance in simultaneous excitation and inhibition of neuronal circuits produces rhythmic activity that drives motor behavior.

The author is in the Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0357, USA. E-mail: wkristan{at}ucsd.edu

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