Nonlocomotor and locomotor hindlimb responses evoked by electrical microstimulation of the lumbar cord in spinalized cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3273-3292

  Barthélemy, Dorothy ^a   Leblond, Hugues ^a   Provencher, Janyne ^a   Rossignol, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INTERNEURON; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; CLONIDINE; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33751539813     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00203.2006     Document Type: Article

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