Contributions of the reticulospinal system to the postural adjustments occurring during voluntary gait modifications

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 679-698

  Prentice, Stephen D ^a   Drew, Trevor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0035121776     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.85.2.679     Document Type: Article

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