Balance in the cat: Role of the tail and effects of sacrocaudal transection

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 41-47

  Walker, Curt ^a   Vierck Jr , Charles J ^a   Ritz, Louis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Sacrocaudal; Spinal cord injury; Tail; Transection

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TAIL;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TAIL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0032033358     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00101-0     Document Type: Article

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