Sequential activation of muscle synergies during locomotion in the intact cat as revealed by cluster analysis and direct decomposition

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1991-2010

  Krouchev, Nedialko ^a   Kalaska, John F ^a   Drew, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPINAL CORD; TREADMILL;

ANIMALS; CATS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LINEAR MODELS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WALKING;

EID: 33749523595     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00241.2006     Document Type: Article

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