Somatosensory and movement-related properties of red nucleus: A single unit study in the turtle

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-17

  Sarrafizadeh, Ramin ^a   Keifer, Joyce ^a,b   Houk, James C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular recordings; Motor programs; Pattern generators; Red nucleus; Sensorimotor; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; LIMB MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; TURTLE;

EID: 0029978403     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00242899     Document Type: Article

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