Comparison of the effects of stimulating extensor group 1 afferents on cycle period during walking in conscious and decerebrate cats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 444-452

  Whelan, Patrick J ^a,b   Pearson, Keir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Group I afferent; Reflex; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TREADMILL; WALKING;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; WALKING;

EID: 0030703124     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050239     Document Type: Article

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