Contribution of the motor cortex to the structure and the timing of hindlimb locomotion in the cat: A microstimulation study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 657-672

  Bretzner, Frédéric ^a,b   Drew, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21544461762     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01245.2004     Document Type: Article

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