Spinal motor patterns in the turtle

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 860, Issue , 1998, Pages 142-154

  Stein, Paul S G ^a   McCullough, Margaret L ^a   Currie, Scott N ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; SCRATCHING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; STIMULATION; TURTLE;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 0032432901     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09045.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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