The interaction of a new motor skill and an old one: H-reflex conditioning and locomotion in rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 6898-6906

  Chen, Yi ^a,b   Chen, Xiang Yang ^a,c   Jakeman, Lyn B ^b   Schalk, Gerwin ^a   Stokes, Bradford T ^b   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

H reflex conditioning; Learning; Locomotion; Memory consolidation; Motor control; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 22544488077     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1684-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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