Discharge characteristics of neurons in the red nucleus during voluntary gait modifications: A comparison with the motor cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1791-1814

  Lavoie, Sylvain ^a   Drew, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; GAIT; HISTOLOGY; KINETICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0036800264     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.4.1791     Document Type: Article

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