Development of posture and locomotion in free-ranging primates

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 541-546

  Dunbar, Donald C ^a   Badam, Gyani L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

Author keywords

Head; Macaca mulatta; Macaca radiata; Monkeys; Natural habitats; Neural control of movement; Ontogeny; Presbytis entellus; Spatial orientation; Stabilization; Trunk; Volitional behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY POSTURE; LOCOMOTION; MONKEY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031900320     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00042-0     Document Type: Article

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