Stimulation of a restricted region in the midline cerebellar white matter evokes coordinated quadrupedal locomotion in the decerebrate cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 290-300

  Mori, Shigemi ^a   Matsui, Toshihiro ^a   Kuze, Bunya ^a   Asanome, Mitsuru ^a   Nakajima, Katsumi ^a   Matsuyama, Kiyoji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; DECEREBRATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032801907     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.1.290     Document Type: Article

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