Timing of Knee-Related Spinal Neurons during Fictive Rostral Scratching in the Turtle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3585-3593

  Stein, Paul S G ^a   Daniels McQueen, Susan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INTERNEURON; KNEE FUNCTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HINDLIMB; INTERNEURONS; JOINTS; MOVEMENT; SPINAL CORD; TURTLES;

EID: 0346751990     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00762.2003     Document Type: Article

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