Crossed commissural pathways in the spinal hindlimb enlargement are not necessary for right-left hindlimb alternation during turtle swimming

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2223-2231

  Samara, Ramsey F ^a   Currie, Scott N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TURTLE; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TURTLES;

EID: 35348814953     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00722.2007     Document Type: Article

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