Weight support and balance during perturbed stance in the chronic spinal cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3066-3081

  Macpherson, Jane M ^a   Fung, Joyce ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; STEREOTYPY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033381558     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.6.3066     Document Type: Article

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