title: Optogenetics: illuminating sources of locomotor drive.
abstract: A recent study has used optogenetics to identify the source of excitatory drive for locomotion in zebrafish, revealing unexpected differences in the command signals from hindbrain to spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. david-mclean@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: McLean
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008124:Locomotion; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012249:Rhombencephalon / Q000502:physiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*; D013550:Swimming; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000502:physiology*