A comparison of treadmill locomotion in adult cats before and after spinal transection

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 471-491

  Bélanger, Marc ^a,b   Drew, Trevor ^a   Provencher, Janyne ^a   Rossignol, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTOLOGY; KINESIOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TREADMILL;

EID: 0029894404     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.1.471     Document Type: Article

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