Cutaneous reflex activity of the cat forelimb during fictive locomotion

Brain Research

Volumn 753, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-62

  Seki, Kazuhiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Takashi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

central pattern generator; cervical spinal cord; decerebrate cat; stepping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; REFLEX; SKIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030986640     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01486-2     Document Type: Article

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