Role of motor and visual experience during development of bipedal locomotion in chicks

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3691-3697

  Muir, Gillian D ^a   Gowri, K S V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HATCHING; HEAD MOVEMENT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; STROBOSCOPY; VISION; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKENS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 28044469827     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01121.2004     Document Type: Article

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