Mechanical actions of heterogenic reflexes among ankle stabilizers and their interactions with plantarflexors of the cat hindlimb

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2050-2070

  Bonasera, Stephen J ^a   Nichols, T Richard ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 0029904143     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.2050     Document Type: Article

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