Muscle activity during forelimb reaching movements in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-186

  Hyland, B I ^a   Jordan, V M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Correlation; Electromyogram; Forelimb reach; Muscle activity; Rat; Skilled movement; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FORELIMB; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030893761     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)87582-1     Document Type: Article

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