Food-taking in the cat investigated with transection of the rubro- and corticospinal tracts

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-184

  Perfiliev, S ^a   Pettersson, L G ^a   Lundberg, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cat; Digit flexion; Food taking; Rubro and corticospinal tracts; Transection; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINGER; FORELIMB; HAND MOVEMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; VIDEORECORDING; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RED NUCLEUS; SUPINATION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0032194421     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(98)00073-X     Document Type: Article

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