Sartorius muscle afferents influence the amplitude and timing of flexor activity in walking decerebrate cats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-185

  Lam, Tania ^a   Pearson, Keir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cat; Locomotion; Muscle afferents; Reflex; Swing phase

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOLLOW UP; MUSCLE REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPINAL NERVES; WALKING;

EID: 0036460080     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1236-0     Document Type: Article

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