New perspectives on spinal motor systems

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-108

  Bizzi, Emilio ^a   Tresch, Matthew C ^a   Saltiel, Philippe ^a   d'Avella, Andrea ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034330354     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35039000     Document Type: Article

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