ArticleeLife2018
Excitatory motor neurons are local oscillators for backward locomotion.
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Authors and funding
15 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
Shangbang GaoKey Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5431-4628
Sihui Asuka GuanLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Anthony D FouadDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.
Jun MengLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Taizo KawanoLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Yung-Chi HuangDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, United States.
Yi LiKey Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Salvador AlcaireLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Wesley HungLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Yangning LuLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Yingchuan Billy QiNeurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4267-4770
Yishi JinNeurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9371-9860
Mark AlkemaDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, United States.
Christopher Fang-YenDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4568-3218
Mei ZhenLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0086-9622
Mount Sinai Hospital · CAHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNUniversity of California San Diego · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US
Funding
GABAERGIC NEURON DIFFERENTIATION IN C ELEGANSR01NS035546 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI JIN, YISHI · 1996 to 2016
$5.3MMolecular and neuronal mechanisms of complex behaviorsR01GM084491 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ALKEMA, MARK · 2008 to 2017
$3.0MGABAergic Neuron Differentiation in C.elegansR37NS035546 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI JIN, YISHI · 2017 to 2021
$2.4MSensory-motor processing in a developing nervous systemR01NS082525 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI ALKEMA, MARK, LICHTMAN, JEFF W · 2015 to 2018
$2.3MControlling neural circuits with single-cell resolution in behaving animalsR01NS084835 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FANG-YEN, CHRISTOPHER · 2013 to 2017
$1.7MNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084491NIH HHS GM084491NIH HHS R01-NS-035546NIH HHS R01-NS-082525NIH HHS R01-NS-084835NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS035546NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS082525NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS084835NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS035546
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Cell- or network-driven oscillators underlie motor rhythmicity. The identity of
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Biological ClocksLocomotionPeriodicityAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCholinergic NeuronsInterneuronsMotor NeuronsC. elegansCentral Pattern Generator (CPG)locomotionmotor neuronneuroscienceoscillationrhythm
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