Modular organisation and spinal somatosensory imprinting

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 80-91

  Schouenborg, Jens ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Development; Modular organisation; Motor control; Plasticity; Sensorimotor transformation

Indexed keywords

FLEXION REFLEX SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE; ORGANIZATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX ARC; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPSE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; IMPRINTING (PSYCHOLOGY); MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; PAIN; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0036824335     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(02)00191-1     Document Type: Review

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