Role of the motor cortex in the control of visually triggered gait modifications

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 426-442

  Drew, Trevor ^a   Jiang, Wan ^a   Kably, Bouchra ^a,b   Lavoie, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Columbia University Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Motor cortex; Supraspinal control; Vision; Voluntary gait modification

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0029772538     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y96-043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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