Motor patterns and kinematics during backward walking in the pacific giant salamander: Evidence for novel motor output

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3047-3060

  Ashley Ross, Miriam A ^a,b   Lauder, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; WALKING;

EID: 0031415280     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.6.3047     Document Type: Article

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