Strategies for the Integration of Posture and Movement during Reaching in the Cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3066-3086

  Schepens, Bénédicte ^a   Drew, Trevor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; LIMB; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0242593726     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00339.2003     Document Type: Article

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