Developmental changes in leg coordination of the chick at embryonic days 9, 11, and 13: Uncoupling of ankle movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2406-2414

  Sharp, Andrew A ^a   Ma, Edna ^a   Bekoff, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HIP; KNEE; LEG; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032745764     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2406     Document Type: Article

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