Variations in Motor Patterns during Fictive Rostral Scratching in the Turtle: Knee-Related Deletions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2380-2384

  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 EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIP; INTERNEURON; KNEE FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HINDLIMB; JOINTS; MOVEMENT; TURTLES;

EID: 16444386389     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01184.2003     Document Type: Article

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