The use of correlational methods to investigate the organization of spinal networks for pattern generation

Motor Neurobiology of the Spinal Cord

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 135-170

  Hamm, Thomas M ^a   McCurdy, Martha L ^b   Trank, Tamara V ^c   Turkin, Vladimir V ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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