Blockage of vibrissae afferents: I. Motor effects

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-23

  Prchal, A ^a,b   Albarracin A L ^a   Decima E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Tucuman UNT Facultad de Medicina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; RAT; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRISSA; WALKING;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENERVATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAXILLARY NERVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1442305264     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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