Development of spontaneous locomotor behaviors in the opossum, Monodelphis domestica

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 137-143

  Pflieger, J F ^a   Cassidy, G ^a   Cabana, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

development; mammal; motor system; opossum; spontaneous locomotion; stance; step cycle; swing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030272081     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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