Synaptic plasticity of the interpositorubral pathway functionally related to forelimb flexion movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2542-2561

  Pananceau, Marc ^a   Rispal Padel, Lucie ^a   Mehdi Meftah, E L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FORELIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030008857     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.6.2542     Document Type: Article

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