Patterns of muscle activity during different behaviors in chicks: Implications for neural control

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-184

  Johnston, R M ^a   Bckoff, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Development; Electromyogram; Kinematics; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030219260     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00222784     Document Type: Article

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