Locomotion of the hindlimbs after neurectomy of ankle flexors in intact and spinal cats: Model for the study of locomotor plasticity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1979-1993

  Carrier, Lynda ^a   Brustein, Edna ^a   Rossignol, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0030908991     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.4.1979     Document Type: Article

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