Natural neural output that produces highly variable locomotory movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2072-2088

  Hooper, Scott L ^a,b   Guschlbauer, Christoph ^b   Von Uckermann, Géraldine ^b   Büschges, Ansgar ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INSECTS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 33749506607     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00366.2006     Document Type: Article

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