Behavioral and electromyographic characterization of mice lacking EphA4 receptors

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 642-651

  Akay, Turgay ^a   Acharya, Hernish J ^a   Fouad, Karim ^a   Pearson, Keir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR; ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SWIMMING; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HINDLIMB; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; SWIMMING; WALKING;

EID: 33746661124     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00174.2006     Document Type: Article

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