A study in this issue shows that zebrafish larvae deploy different groups of excitatory spinal interneurons to drive slow, fast and top speed swimming. As one set is gradually activated, the others are partially or fully inhibited.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 print issues and online access
$209.00 per year
only $17.42 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
McLean, D.L., Masino, M.A., Koh, I.Y.Y., Lindquist, W.B. & Fetcho, J.R. Nat. Neurosci 11, 1419–1429 (2008)
McLean, D.L., Fan, J., Higashijima, S., Hale, M.E. & Fetcho, J.R. Nature 446, 71–75 (2007).
Kimura, Y., Okamura, Y. & Higashijma, S. J. Neurosci. 26, 5684–5697 (2006).
Jessell, T.M. Nat. Rev. Genet. 1, 20–29 (2000).
Gabriel, J.P. et al. J. Neurophysiol. 99, 37–48 (2008).
Myers, P.Z. J. Comp. Neurol. 236, 555–561 (1985).
Grillner, S. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 4, 573–586 (2003).
Roberts, A., Li, W.C., Soffe, S.R. & Wolf, E. Brain Res. Rev. 57, 22–28 (2008).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
El Manira, A., Grillner, S. Switching gears in the spinal cord. Nat Neurosci 11, 1367–1368 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1208-1367
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1208-1367
This article is cited by
-
Principles governing recruitment of motoneurons during swimming in zebrafish
Nature Neuroscience (2011)
