Does motor learning occur in the spinal cord?

Neuroscientist

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 287-294

  Edgerton, V Reggie ^a   Roy, Roland R ^a   De Leon, Ray ^a   Tillakaratne, Niranjala ^a   Hodgson, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Spinal cord plasticity; Spinal cord transection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346130061     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849700300510     Document Type: Review

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