The neural circuits and synaptic mechanisms underlying motor initiation in C. elegans.

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Published in Cell on November 11, 2011

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Beverly J Piggott1, Jie Liu, Zhaoyang Feng, Seth A Wescott, X Z Shawn Xu

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1: Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

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