Initiation of locomotor activity in spinal cats by epidural stimulation of the spinal cord

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-254

  Gerasimenko, Yu P ^a   Avelev, V D ^a   Nikitin, O A ^a   Lavrov, I A ^a  

^a PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Epidural stimulation; Generator of stepping movements; Locomotor activity; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; DORSAL ROOT POTENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FLEXOR REFLEX; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0038079290     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022199214515     Document Type: Article

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