A laboratory exercise demonstrating the limited circumstances in which the cerebral cortex is engaged in over ground locomotion

Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Buford, John A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generation; Cerebral cortex; Corticospinal tract; Dual task; Locomotion; Motor control; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244466406     PISSN: 15442896     EISSN: 15442896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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