Spinal cats on the treadmill: Changes in load pathways

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2789-2796

  Côté, Marie Pascale ^a   Ménard, Ariane ^a   Gossard, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Motor control; Reflex pathways; Spinalization; Treadmill training; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0037388804     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-02789.2003     Document Type: Article

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