Contribution of hind limb flexor muscle afferents to the timing of phase transitions in the cat step cycle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1126-1137

  Hiebert, Gordon W ^a   Whelan, Patrick J ^a   Prochazka, Arthur ^a   Pearson, Keir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0029887631     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.3.1126     Document Type: Article

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