Early walking in the neonatal rat: A kinematic study

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1218-1228

  Jamon, Marc ^a   Clarac, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LOCOMOTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; WALKING;

EID: 0031742415     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.112.5.1218     Document Type: Article

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