Effects of extensor muscle afferents on the timing of locomotor activity during walking in adult rats

Brain Research

Volumn 749, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 320-328

  Fouad, Karim ^a   Pearson, Keir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

decerebrate; locomotion; muscle afferent; rat; walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; WALKING;

EID: 0031042242     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01328-5     Document Type: Article

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