Does the red nucleus provide the tonic support against which fractionated movements occur? A study on forepaw movements used in skilled reaching by the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-90

  Whishaw, Ian Q ^a   Gorny, Boguslaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forepaw movement; Ibotenic acid lesion; Rat; Red nucleus; Skilled reaching

Indexed keywords

IBOTENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RED NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030068691     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00161-1     Document Type: Article

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