Spinal cord coordination of hindlimb movements in the turtle: Intralimb temporal relationships during scratching and swimming

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1394-1403

  Field, Edelle C ^a,b   Stein, Paul S G ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TURTLE;

EID: 0030828899     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.3.1394     Document Type: Article

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