Distribution and characteristics of poststimulus effects in proximal and distal forelimb muscles from red nucleus in the monkey

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1777-1789

  Belhaj Saïf, Abderraouf ^a   Karrer, Jennifer Hill ^a   Cheney, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FACILITATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND FUNCTION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MONKEY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031943615     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.4.1777     Document Type: Article

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