Example of 2:1 interlimb coordination during fictive rostral scratching in a spinal turtle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1132-1134

  Stein, Paul S G ^a   McCullough, Margaret L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; HIP; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SCRATCHING; TURTLE;

EID: 0031881695     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.2.1132     Document Type: Article

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