The function of the long back muscles during postural development in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Geisler, H C ^a   Westerga, J ^a   Gramsbergen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

back muscle; development; EMG; posture; rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030271583     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00024-1     Document Type: Article

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