Shaping of the cat paw for food taking and object manipulation: An X-ray analysis

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3885-3897

  Boczek Funcke, A ^a   Kuhtz Buschbeck, J P ^a   Raethjen, J ^a   Paschmeyer, B ^a   Illert, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forelimb; Phalanges; X ray technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CINERADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; FORELIMB; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING; WRIST; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TOE JOINT;

EID: 0032459136     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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