Adaptive changes in motor activity associated with functional recovery following muscle denervation in walking cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 370-381

  Pearson, K G ^a   Fouad, K ^a,b   Misiaszek, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WALKING;

EID: 0032779690     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.1.370     Document Type: Article

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