Representation of passive hindlimb postures in cat spinocerebellar activity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 715-726

  Bosco, G ^a,b   Rankin, A ^a   Poppele, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Dept of Physiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAT; CEREBELLUM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

EID: 0029846371     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.2.715     Document Type: Article

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