Pharmacological activation and modulation of the central pattern generator for locomotion in the cat

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 860, Issue , 1998, Pages 346-359

  Rossignol, S ^a   Chau, C ^a   Brustein, E ^a   Giroux, N ^a   Bouyer, L ^a   Barbeau, H ^a   Reader, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; METHOXAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OXYMETAZOLINE; TIZANIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MODULATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PATTERN GENERATOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; TREADMILL; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032412823     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09061.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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