A spinal circuitry simulator as a teaching tool for neuromuscular physiology

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 6 PART 3, 1996, Pages

  Maw, Scan ^a,b,c   Frank, Jim ^a,b,c   Greig, Glenn ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NANOMETRICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided instruction; Neural modeling; Population coding; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; TEACHING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; TEACHING;

EID: 0030167728     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advances.1996.270.6.s50     Document Type: Article

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